QIT UGS
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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Molecular Formula of the Base
Na2O 0.14 Al2O3 0.45 SiO2 3.39
K2O 0.14 P2O5 0.0
MgO 0.01 TiO2 0.0
CaO 0.72
Alumina:Silica ratio is 1.00:7.59
Neutral:Acid ratio is 1.00:7.61
Alk:Neut:Acid ratio is 1.00:0.45:3.40
It was 140 mesh sieved.
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Bleu Moyen Glacé
Custer feldspar 25
Kona F-4 25
Whiting 20
EPK 10
Silica 20
Total 100
Bentonite 1
UGS Rutile 8
Cobalt carbonate 1
Bleu Moyen Glacé
Custer feldspar 25
Kona F-4 25
Whiting 20
EPK 10
Silica 20
Total 100
Bentonite 1
UGS Rutile 8
Cobalt carbonate 1.5
Bleu Moyen Glacé
Custer feldspar 25
Kona F-4 25
Whiting 20
EPK 10
Silica 20
Total 100
Bentonite 1
UGS Rutile 8
Cobalt carbonate 2
Bleu Foncé Glacé
Custer feldspar 25
Kona F-4 25
Whiting 20
EPK 10
Silica 20
Total 100
Bentonite 1
UGS Rutile 8
Cobalt carbonate 2.5
Bleu Foncé Glacé
Custer feldspar 25
Kona F-4 25
Whiting 20
EPK 10
Silica 20
Total 100
Bentonite 1
UGS Rutile 8
Cobalt carbonate 3