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• MakaleYalnız künye2026Scopus SJRQ2/r/munzur/707
  Lithium Recovery from Boron Processing Wastes via Mechanical Activation-Assisted Water Leaching: Application of Planetary Milling

  Boylu, F.; Obuz Teker, Gülsen; Ersever Angur, Gafure; Ozdemir, O.; Çelik, M.S.

  In this study, a more sustainable, cost-effective, and environmentally friendly approach for selective lithium extraction via water leach assisted by planetary mill mechanical activation was applied on clayey wastes of the Kırka Boron Plant. A detailed systematic study on wastes was performed to optimize both mechanical activation and leaching conditions and to characterize the active powders by XRD, FTIR and EDS/EDX. The results show that lithium can be recovered at relatively low leach temperatures of 50–60°C and short leach times of 3–5 min, achieving leach recoveries of 44.71 (without salt addition) and 57.71% (with 20% salt addition, w/w) without the need for pre-concentration of the waste. Despite relatively low lithium recoveries, water leaching of activated powder produced remarkably low concentrations of co-leached ionic impurities less than 10 ppm Mg, 20 ppm Ca, and 250 ppm K, compared to significantly higher concentrations observed during 1 M acid leaching (9422 ppm Mg, 564.5 Ca, and 72.5 ppm K, upon 1 M acid leaching, respectively). The presence of Mg ions, in particular, is known to be highly detrimental competing ion in metal recovery processes. Therefore, the proposed method offers both economic and environmental advantages by enabling higher purity lithium recovery under much milder conditions.

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• MakaleYalnız künye2025Scopus SJRQ2/r/munzur/771
  Removal of Impurities from Sepiolite by Gravity/Sizing Methods for Better Viscosity Development

  Angur, G. Ersever; Çınar, M.; Çelik, M.S.

  Sepiolite, a natural strategic clay mineral within the phyllosilicate group, is utilized in numerous applications because of its physical, and rheological properties. In particular, outstanding rheological properties are utilized in areas including drilling mud, paint, cosmetics, adhesives, etc. Several studies have been performed for the purification of clays, such as air classification, calcination, hydrocyclone, and flotation, for different purposes. In this study, relatively easy physical upgrading methods involving hydroxyclone, Falcon, and shaking table have been tested with the aim of obtaining a high-viscosity sepiolite product for rheological applications. It is shown that dispersion time, particle size, and pH are the most critical parameters in the viscosity development of sepiolite. The results indicate that, depending on the dispersion time of the raw HS1 sepiolite sample used in this study, the highest quality rheological material remains in the size range of – 2 mm to + 1 mm. Below – 0.1 mm, the viscosity value of the sepiolite sample decreased to its lowest value of 6000 cP. The pH-dependent viscosity measurements of a raw HS1 sepiolite sample exhibited the highest viscosity value of 13,000 cP at its natural pH of 8.5. Polyacrylic acid sodium salt (PAA) is the most effective dispersing agent in the decantation process for the enrichment of HS1 sepiolite samples. Among the three gravity/sizing beneficiation techniques tested, the middlings product of the shaking table achieved the highest quality sepiolite product of 17,000 cP with 49.2 wt.% using the size range of – 2.83 mm to + 1 mm; this material is suitable for high-grade rheological applications.

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