Tungsten Ore Processing-Concentrates (Primary Tungsten Sources)

Tungsten ore obtains cheelite and wolframite. Modern processing methods dissolve scheelite and wolframite concentrates by an alkaline pressure digestion, using either a soda or a concentrated NaOH solution. The sodium tungstate solution obtained is purified by precipitation and filtration, before it is converted into an ammonium tungstate solution. This stage is carried out exclusively by solvent extraction or ion exchange resins. Finally, high purity Ammonium-Paratungstate (APT) is obtained by crystallisation, with the formula (NH₄)₁₀(H₂W₁₂O₄₂) ·4H₂O.

Wolframite concentrates can also be smelted directly with charcoal or coke in an electric arc furnace to produce ferrotungsten (FeW) which is used as alloying material in steel production. Pure scheelite concentrate may also be added directly to molten steel.




 

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