Abstract
In this paper, the results of the processing of magnesium fluoride by plasma-chemical method to obtain periclase and a solution of hydrogen fluoride (hydrofluoric acid) were presented. For the industrial implementation of plasma technologies, it is necessary to study the main parameters of plasma processes for obtaining reducing gases and processing metal oxides with them, to solve the issues of their hardware design, to increase the service life of plasma torches for their use in continuous metallurgical processes. The purpose of this work was to determine the conditions for the plasma-chemical process of processing magnesium fluoride. Thermal analysis of magnesium fluoride on a TGA/DSC2 thermogravimetric analyzer was performed. Thermogravimetric analysis showed that in the temperature range under consideration the process is endothermic, and at a temperature of ~1280°C a phase transition of the 1st kind is observed due to the melting of magnesium fluoride. The fractional composition of MgF2 and MgO powders was studied using the Analysette-22 Nanotech laser diffraction analyzer. The results of the evaluation of the fractional composition of powders have a significant difference. At the same time, the convergence of the data obtained using laser diffraction and electron microscopy methods was found.