With tartaric acid as a leaching agent, an experiment was conducted to investigate the effects of different leaching conditions on the leaching rates of sodium and titanium from red mud. The process parameters were optimized by orthogonal experiments, and the leaching mechanism was then analyzed in combination with the study of leaching kinetics and the properties of leaching residues. It can be seen from the leaching test and orthogonal experiment that with tartaric acid at a concentration of 1.00 mol/L, leaching temperature of 90 ℃, liquid-solid ratio of 8 mL/g, and leaching time of 60 min, the leaching rates of sodium and titanium from red mud can reach 93.50% and 76.66%, respectively. XRD analysis of red mud before and after tartaric acid leaching shows that the sodium in the leaching solution mainly comes from cancrinite and sodium hydroxide in the Bayer process, while the titanium mainly comes from perovskite and secondary titanium that dissolves and re-precipitates on the surface of red mud during the Bayer process. The leaching kinetics analysis shows that both alkali removal and titanium leaching from red mud conform to an unreacted shrinking core model, and the processes of alkali removal and titanium leaching are mainly controlled by interfacial chemical reactions.
| 科 Family | 属数 Number of genus | 种数 Number of species | 占总种数比例 Percentage of total species (%) | 属 Genus | 种数 Number of species | 占总种数比例 Percentage of total species (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 鹅膏菌科Amanitaceae | 2 | 11 | 5.26 | 鹅膏菌属 Amanita | 10 | 4.78 |
| 小菇科 Mycenaceae | 2 | 12 | 5.74 | 丝盖伞属 Inocybe | 5 | 2.39 |
| 多孔菌科 Polyporaceae | 8 | 14 | 6.70 | 蜡蘑属 Laccaria | 5 | 2.39 |
| 红菇科 Russulaceae | 3 | 23 | 11.00 | 小皮伞属 Marasmius | 6 | 2.87 |
| 小菇属 Mycena | 11 | 5.26 | ||||
| 光柄菇属 Pluteus | 5 | 2.39 | ||||
| 红菇属 Russula | 17 | 8.13 | ||||
| 栓菌属 Trametes | 5 | 2.39 |