Technological procedure for processing the quartz resources in order to obtain the assortment for water glass

Abstract

Tests on quartz raw material from the deposit 'Bijela Stijena - Skočić' have included: grading, washing, grinding and magnetic separation. Test results have shown that the assortment of required sand quality can be obtained for water glass. The required quality condition for assortment of water glass, set by the company 'Alumina' Zvornik, is that Fe2O3 content does not exceed 0.04% and the grit of -0.4 + 0.05 mm. The results obtained after washing and grading starting sample used in these tests to a class of -0.4 + 0.05 mm showed that content of Fe2O3 from 0.131 % was reduced to 0.075%, and after treatment at high gradient electromagnetic separator at 0.038%. Microscopic analysis showed that the initial sample has: quartz, chalcedony, feldspar, mica, cherts, magnetite, limonite-goethite, shells, fossil remains, and that after the magnetic separation of magnetite sample was removed and most of the other carriers magnetic fraction. Based on this, a flow diagram is defined for procedure of obtaining the quartz sand for water glass on the basis of quartz raw materials from the deposit 'Bijela Stijena -Skočić'.