UGS-Rutile :
QIT stands
for Quebec Iron & Titanium, it owns an ilmenite mine
in
northeastern Quebec; the ore is shipped to Tracy where it is processed
to titanium
dioxide slags, iron pigs,steel billets and steel auto parts.
« UGS »(stands
for upgraded slag) is a form of titanium dioxide slag,
obtained by
refining Sorelslag by diluted hydrochloric acid.
Sorelslag has the following general formula:
TiO2 82%
FeO 8.0%
SiO2 2.0%
Al2O3 3.0%
MgO 5.0%
Total 100%
Total 100%
The
« UGS » slag used in this experiment
has the following formula
It is a
« synthetic rutile » :
TIO2 94.13%
FE2O3 1.09%
AL2O3 0.45%
CAO 0.11%
MGO 0.45%
P205 0.004%
MNO 0.02%
SIO2 2.69%
CR2O3 0.08%
V2O5 0.42%
ZRO2 0.07%
NB2O5 0.01%
CL- 0.12%
L.O.I 0.35%
It was 140 mesh sieved.
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Formula of
the Base :
Na2O
0.18 Al2O3 0.42
SiO2 2.82
K2O 0.15 TiO2
0.19
MgO 0.06 Fe2O3
0.17
CaO
0.60
Alumina:Silica
ratio is 1.00:6.67
Neutral:Acid
ratio is 1.00:7.51
Alk:Neut:Acid
ratio is 1.00:0.42:3.17
Expansion:
90.4 x 10e-7 per degree C
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Vert Moyen Glacé
Custer feldspar 17
G-200 feldspar 17
Kona F-4 feldspar 17
Nepheline syenite 17
Whiting 20
Silica 12
Bentonite 5
UGS Rutile 2
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Vert Léger Glacé
Custer feldspar 17
G-200 feldspar 17
Kona F-4 feldspar 17
Nepheline syenite 17
Whiting 20
Silica 12
Bentonite 5
UGS Rutile 4
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Vert Moyen Glacé
Custer feldspar 17
G-200 feldspar 17
Kona F-4 feldspar 17
Nepheline syenite 17
Whiting 20
Silica 12
Bentonite 5
UGS Rutile 6
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Vert Moyen Glacé
Custer feldspar 17
G-200 feldspar 17
Kona F-4 feldspar 17
Nepheline syenite 17
Whiting 20
Silica 12
Bentonite 5
UGS Rutile 8
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Vert Moyen Glacé
Custer feldspar 17
G-200 feldspar 17
Kona F-4 feldspar 17
Nepheline syenite 17
Whiting 20
Silica 12
Bentonite 5
UGS Rutile 10
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