Intensification of the process of metallizing tungsten­containing ore raw materials by the powder metallurgy method

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15587/1729-4061.2019.176628

Keywords:

tungsten concentrate, carbothermic reduction, induction heating, metallization, phase analysis, microstructure, resource conservation

Abstract

X-ray diffraction phase analysis of samples performed on a DRON-6 diffractometer has shown that the processes of CaWO4 transition to WC and W2C had the highest probability in the temperature range of 1,173–1,473 K. The end-product CaWO4, thermally treated with carbon, was represented by carbon in oxycarbide and carbide phases. The processes of tungsten reduction from its oxides through the phases of formation of tungsten carbide and oxygen compounds (higher and lower) and finally tungsten metal were shown. Basic chemical and phase transformations occurred within the temperature range of 300–1,800 K. This opens the prospect of producing tungsten as an alloying material without formation of liquid phases in a heterogeneous system and enables production of tungsten based alloying material at relatively low temperatures which significantly reduces power consumption. Qualitative and quantitative composition of charge materials for laboratory studies and industrial tests in a form of briquettes for metallization of tungsten-containing compounds in a furnace with induction heating was presented. The mechanism of phase and structural transformations occurring in reduction of tungsten from scheelite concentrates in the temperature range of 1,273–1,473 K and microanalysis of samples of chemical transformations were studied. A furnace unit with induction heating in which industrial tests were performed in stages was schematically shown.

The tests have shown that a 1.3 times sample weight reduction and a 23 % specific density reduction occurred in the process of heat treatment of the samples based on scheelite concentrate.

Several batches of spongy tungsten instead of standard ferrotungsten were produced and tested in smelting high speed steels. Advantages of the new technology of tungsten metallization from a scheelite concentrate and positive efficiency of using the new material in special metallurgy were shown.

Author Biographies

Stanislav Hryhoriev, Zaporizhzhya National University Zhukovskoho str., 66, Zaporizhzhya, Ukraine, 69600

Doctor of Technical Sciences, Professor

Department of Business Administration and International Management

Damir Bikulov, Zaporizhzhya National University Zhukovskoho str., 66, Zaporizhzhya, Ukraine, 69600

Doctor of Sciences in Public Administration, Professor

Department of Business Administration and International Management

Viсtor Skachkov, Zaporizhzhya National University Zhukovskoho str., 66, Zaporizhzhya, Ukraine, 69600

Doctor of Technical Sciences, Associate Professor

Department of Metallurgy

Olga Berezhnaya, Zaporizhzhya National University Zhukovskoho str., 66, Zaporizhzhya, Ukraine, 69600

PhD, Associate Professor

Department of Metallurgy

Oleksandr Oliynyk, Zaporizhzhya National University Zhukovskoho str., 66, Zaporizhzhya, Ukraine, 69600

PhD, Associate Professor

Department of Business Administration and International Management

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2019-08-21

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Hryhoriev, S., Bikulov, D., Skachkov, V., Berezhnaya, O., & Oliynyk, O. (2019). Intensification of the process of metallizing tungsten­containing ore raw materials by the powder metallurgy method. Eastern-European Journal of Enterprise Technologies, 4(12 (100), 31–36. https://doi.org/10.15587/1729-4061.2019.176628

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Vol. 4 No. 12 (100) (2019): Materials Science

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