Chapter 15

Determination of Total Iron Content in Iron Ore and Dri: Titrimetric Method Versus ICP-OES Analysis

Yousef Mohassab

Yousef Mohassab

Department of Metallurgical Engineering, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, USA

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Mohamed Elzohiery

Mohamed Elzohiery

Department of Metallurgical Engineering, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, USA

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Feng Chen

Feng Chen

Department of Metallurgical Engineering, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, USA

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Sohn Hong Yong

Sohn Hong Yong

Department of Metallurgical Engineering, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, USA

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First published: 15 January 2016
Citations: 4

Summary

The determination of reduction degree in a DR process is sensitive to the total iron in the ore and DRI. An accurate and high throughput analysis method for total iron has been developed. Titration of the solution after tin(II) chloride reduction of ferric ion is a widely used method for iron analysis. However, it is a multistep method that requires many chemical reagents and much time. In this work, an ICP-OES analysis method with higher or equivalent accuracy compared with the titrimetric method was developed. This method has much higher throughput and demands fewer chemical reagents compared with the titrimetric method. In this paper, a comparison of the two methods is presented.

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