The mineralogical characterization studies search for the best processing route, with the lowest environmental impact, aiming to improve the use of mineral resources. The electronic quantitative mineralogy (EQM) provides quickly and accurately great information about the characteristics of these materials. This work aims to characterize iron ore tailings by EQM as the main tool. It has selected seven samples of itabirite ores flotation tailings from the main mining regions of the Quadrilatero Ferrifero, Brazil. All samples were mostly composed by quartz and iron minerals, with a low presence of mixture particles of these minerals-less than 20% of the sample mass. Due to the difference between the size of particles of quartz and iron minerals, it has observed an opportunity to reprocess the fractions-37μm + 5μm of the studied tailings, with a potential recovery of 12% of the total sample mass generated for AM4, AM6 and AM7 and more than 5% for samples AM1, AM2, AM3 and AM5.
This paper studies the technological feasibility of using iron ore tailings as additives in cement pavers for the optimization of the mechanical properties and color modulation.Thus, to study the physical, chemical, optical and morphological properties of the tailings, they were characterized for the composition, mineralogy and granulometry. To optimize the procedure of preparing iron ore tailings as additives in the production of new concrete pavers and to determine their effects on the properties of pavers they, were added in ratios of 0% to 50% in substitution of traditional aggregates. The pavers were characterized for hermeticity and mechanical properties.
ResumoAs pelotas de minério de ferro, juntamente com o sínter e o granulado constituem a carga metálica do alto-forno e são utilizadas como matérias-primas para a produção de ferro gusa. Diante da escassez do granulado e, consequentemente, com o aumento da demanda por pelotas, as empresas de pelotização necessitam intensificar seus investimentos em P&D, buscando cada vez mais a otimização da qualidade das pelotas e o aumento da produtividade de suas plantas. Por isso é de suma importância manter as especificações adequadas para o processo, avaliando a qualidade das pelotas a partir das suas propriedades físicas, químicas, metalúrgicas e microestruturais. Desse modo, o objetivo desse estudo foi verificar a influência da porosidade na qualidade de pelotas de minério de ferro, especialmente na resistência a compressão e no índice de redutibilidade. Para tal, foi utilizada a técnica de picnometria a hélio para uma análise semi-quantitativa da porosidade e, adicionalmente, a microscopia óptica e de microscopia eletrônica de varredura como técnicas complementares para uma análise qualitativa da porosidade. Os testes para determinação do índice de redutibilidade foram realizados de acordo com a norma ISO 7215. Por fim, os experimentos para determinação da resistência a compressão das pelotas foram realizados conforme a norma ISO 4700. Resultados evidenciaram uma estreita correlação entre a porosidade e o índice de redutibilidade e também entre a porosidade e resistência à compressão das pelotas. Concluiu-se que a porosidade é um parâmetro que deve ser bem controlado durante o processo, pois tal propriedade possui forte influência no índice de redutibilidade e na resistênciaà compressão, que são fatores críticos para a qualidade final das pelotas. Palavras-chave:Pelotas de minério de ferro; Porosidade; Resistênciaà compressão; Índice de redutibilidade INFLUENCE OF POROSITY IN THE QUALITY OF IRON ORE PELLETS AbstractIron ore pellets, together with sinter and granulate, constitute the metallic burden of the blast furnace and are used as raw materials for the production of pig iron. Faced with the scarcity of granulate and, consequently, with the increase of the demand for pellets, pelletizing companies need to intensify their investments in R&D, progressively seeking the optimization of the quality of pellets and the increase of the productivity of your plants. Therefore, it is very important to maintain adequate specifications for the process, evaluating the quality of the pellets based on their physical, chemical, metallurgical and microstructural properties. Thus, the aim of this study was to verify the influence of porosity in the quality of iron ore pellets, especially in the compression strength and the reducibility index (RI). For this, the helium pycnometry technique was used for a quantitative analysis of porosity and, additionally, optical microscopy (OM) and scanning electron microscopy (SEM) as complementary techniques for a qualitative analysis of porosity. The tests to integrante da ABM Week, realizada de 02 ...
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