Open AccessPhysico-Chemical Characteristics of Shungite Rock of Kazakhstan
Author(s) -
С. А. Ефремов,
С. В. Нечипуренко,
М. К. Казанкапова,
Benjamin J. Washington,
Kh.S. Tassibekov,
М. К. Наурызбаев
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
eurasian chemico-technological journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.227
H-Index - 9
eISSN - 2522-4867
pISSN - 1562-3920
DOI - 10.18321/ectj228
Subject(s) - mineralogy , scanning electron microscope , quartz , carbon fibers , muscovite , mineral , illite , elemental analysis , chemical composition , materials science , raman spectroscopy , chemical engineering , geology , chemistry , clay minerals , metallurgy , composite material , inorganic chemistry , physics , organic chemistry , engineering , composite number , optics
Physico-chemical characteristics of shugite rocks of Kazakhstan (Bakyrchik deposit) were studied using the methods of elementary analysis, IR-spectroscopy, scanning electron microscopy, Raman spectroscopy and X-ray phase analysis. The content of carbon in shungite rock was determined to be from 3% to 19%. The flotation technology for shungite rocks of Kazakhstan was developed, the content of carbon in the concentrate reaching 40.0%. When studying the elemental composition, the mineral part of shungite rocks was stated to be presented, mainly, by silicon, aluminium, calcium, magnesium, potassium, sodium, iron and titanium oxides. IR-spectroscopic investigations showed that in the concentrate, apart from polycyclic hydrocarbons containing methylene groups, there appeared carboxyl groups. The results of scanning electron microscopy (SEM) showed that flotation and thermal activation of shungite rocks on carbon allow obtaining a more developed surface structure and porosity. The structure of shungite carbon was shown by the method of Raman scattering to be close to that of glassy carbon. The results of X-ray diffraction analysis (XRD) of natural shungite rocks showed that the samples under study contained a carbonaceous substance and a number of mineral components: quartz, illite, bassanite, burgerite, muscovite. It is shown that shungite carbon of “Bakyrchik” deposit is identical to shungite of Zazhogino deposit in Russia. The stated physicochemical characteristics allow to determine the directions of the use of carbon concentrate for solution of ecological and technological problems.