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Preparation of Nanomaterials from Strategic Placer Heavy Minerals Recovered from Red Sediments of Badlands Topography along the Southeast Coast of India


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1 Indian Rare Earths Limited, Chatrapur 760 002, India
2 SRM Institute of Science and Technology, Modinagar 201 204, India
3 C.V. Raman College of Engineering, Bhubaneswar 752 054, India
4 The Techno School, Bhubaneswar 751 019, India
5 CSIR-Institute of Minerals and Materials Technology, Bhubaneswar 751 013, India
 

This article deals with heavy placer mine to metals and materials, especially preparation of nanomaterials from strategic minerals of placer deposits which are derived from the badlands topography existing along the east coast of India. In the present study, red sediment samples were collected from the badlands and subjected to physical separation processes to recover high-grade individual placer heavy minerals for valueaddition, which includes preparation of titanium oxide, titania slag, titanium oxide nanomaterials from comminuated ilmenite mineral as well as preparation of zircon flour, and zirconia nanomaterials from natural zircon mineral.

Keywords

Badlands Topography, Beneficiation, Heavy Minerals, Leaching, Nanomaterials.
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Authors

Bignaraj Mishra
Indian Rare Earths Limited, Chatrapur 760 002, India
Satya Sai Srikant
SRM Institute of Science and Technology, Modinagar 201 204, India
Sunita Routray
C.V. Raman College of Engineering, Bhubaneswar 752 054, India
Tumula Laxmi
The Techno School, Bhubaneswar 751 019, India
Raghupatruni Bhima Rao
CSIR-Institute of Minerals and Materials Technology, Bhubaneswar 751 013, India

Abstract


This article deals with heavy placer mine to metals and materials, especially preparation of nanomaterials from strategic minerals of placer deposits which are derived from the badlands topography existing along the east coast of India. In the present study, red sediment samples were collected from the badlands and subjected to physical separation processes to recover high-grade individual placer heavy minerals for valueaddition, which includes preparation of titanium oxide, titania slag, titanium oxide nanomaterials from comminuated ilmenite mineral as well as preparation of zircon flour, and zirconia nanomaterials from natural zircon mineral.

Keywords


Badlands Topography, Beneficiation, Heavy Minerals, Leaching, Nanomaterials.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.18520/cs%2Fv116%2Fi8%2F1363-1372