Abstract:
The chemical durability of synthesized sphene, using CaCO
3, TiO
2 and H
2SiO
3 as raw materials by solid-state reaction, was researched by means of X-ray diffraction (XRD), scanning electron microscope (SEM) and atom absorbing spectrum (AAS). The results indicate that the synthesized sphene has a good chemical durability in the aqueous solution whose pH value is 5-9, the temperature and pH of the solution have important influences to its chemical durability in 1-21 days. The nominalized leach rate of Ca
2+ (42 d) is higher than Ti
4+ about 2 orders of magnitude. When the pH is 7 at 90 ℃, the nominalized leaching rate of Ca
2+(42 d) and Ti
4+ (42 d) are 3.33×10
-3 and 1.33×10
-5 g•m
-2 •d
-1, respectively. When the pH is 7 at 25 ℃, the nominalized leach rate of Ca
2+(42 d) and Ti
4+ (42 d) are 1.52×10
-3 and 3.05×10
-5 g•m
-2 •d
-1, respectively. The nominalized leach rate of Ca
2+ (42 d) is 7.71×10
-2g•m
-2•d
-1, when the pH is 3 at 25 ℃.