Phase formation and the kinetics of metal reduction during the interaction of columbite, tantalite, and wodginite with carbon

2008

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DOI 10.1134/s003602950802002x
Data confidence 70 medium
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Abstract

The phase formation and kinetics of metal reduction upon the interaction of natural iron-manganese tantalum niobates with carbon is studied using X-ray diffraction analysis, electron probe microanalysis, and thermogravimetry. The reducibility of the minerals increases in the series wodginite-tantalite-columbite. Reduction occurs in stages with the formation of niobium tapiolite and disordered tantalite and wodginite as intermediate phases.