Quartz pickling process line

Quartz pickling process line

[Overview]: Impurities in quartz ore can severely affect product performance: transition metals such as iron reduce the light transmittance and electrical conductivity of quartz; excessive content of alkali metals such as potassium and sodium impairs its high-temperature resistance, thermal stability, and optical properties. Generally, the lower the silicon content, the higher the impurity content. In existing purification technologies, acid washing is a crucial step in removing impurities and improving purity.

[Production line advantages]: Quartz acid washing equipment is specifically designed to remove surface impurities (such as yellow rind, oxide scale, and black rind) from quartz blocks and sand. The advantages of this process include: corrosion-resistant tanks made of PE or PPH material, providing insulation and durability; an environmentally friendly formula ensuring no discoloration or yellowing after cleaning; a dynamic process that shortens reaction time and significantly improves impurity removal; integrated acid washing, deacidification, and cleaning, resulting in a small footprint and low cost; recyclable acid and water, eliminating external pollution; and the entire process can be completed within 24 hours, effectively increasing silicon content and reducing impurities.

Process Description

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Quartz pickling process is the core purification technology for producing high-purity quartz sand/silicon powder (especially electronic grade), which is mainly used to deeply remove non-magnetic metal impurities (mainly iron, aluminum, titanium, calcium, magnesium and other oxides) on the surface and cracks of quartz particles. Its essence is to use acid (mainly hydrochloric acid, sulfuric acid, oxalic acid or their mixture) to react chemically with impure metal oxides to generate soluble salts, which are then removed by repeated water washing, thereby significantly improving the purity of SiO2 (up to 99.99% or more).

This quartz sand/quartz stone purification acid washing process, through steps such as feeding, heating, acid washing to remove impurities, and unloading and rinsing, can obtain products with high purity and excellent appearance quality. The process fully realizes the recycling of acid, improving acid utilization efficiency. This process has a compact layout, low cost, and short reaction time, making it suitable for large-scale production.

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