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1. An Overview of Nickel Utilization from Laterite Ore

verfasst von : Guanghui Li, Jun Luo, Mingjun Rao, Zhiwei Peng, Tao Jiang

Erschienen in: Advances and Innovations in Ferronickel-Making

Verlag: Springer Nature Singapore

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Abstract

Ferronickel is an important alloy and intermediate product for manufacturing many advanced materials with versatile functions, e.g., stainless steel. Its properties and performance are mainly relied on the content of nickel, which is now primarily extracted from laterite ore. This chapter provides an overview of nickel utilization from laterite ore. Based on a brief introduction of properties of metallic nickel, it summarizes the applications of nickel, demand of nickel, resources of nickel, and metallurgical processes of laterite ore, in which the rotary kiln-electric furnace (RKEF) smelting process is dominant for production of ferronickel. Lastly, it discusses the challenges and development of ferronickel-making.

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Metadaten
Titel
An Overview of Nickel Utilization from Laterite Ore
verfasst von
Guanghui Li
Jun Luo
Mingjun Rao
Zhiwei Peng
Tao Jiang
Copyright-Jahr
2023
Verlag
Springer Nature Singapore
Buch
Advances and Innovations in Ferronickel-Making

Print ISBN: 978-981-19-5226-5

Electronic ISBN: 978-981-19-5227-2

Copyright-Jahr: 2023

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-5227-2_1