Abstract Electric arc furnace dust is a kind of solid waste metallurgical industrial waste, the recycling and utilization of the dust has been the focus of attention and research of metallurgy and environmental workers。 There has been some research and practical development in EAF dust recycling use, but because of the differences in the composition and the content of the dust, most of dust is mainly open dumps or landfills。 These methods occupy land resources, more harm to the natural and human health。
Ferrite material is a functional material widely used, and has been applied in many fields, such as adsorption, catalysis, magnetic materials, absorbing materials and so on。 The synthesis method of zinc ferrite is perse, and the hydrothermal synthesis method is concerned with the particle size of the product。
In this paper, the dust of the electric arc furnace is studied, and the water and heat treatment of the electric arc furnace dust is carried out。Then leaching solution as the iron source, through additional Zinc Oxide, hydrothermal synthesis of the target product of zinc ferrite, and the XRD and SEM characterization。Finally, the photocatalytic degradation of simulated dye wastewater was studied by using the obtained product as photocatalyst。The experimental results show that the optimum conditions for hydrothermal leaching are temperature 140 degrees C, 3h, hydrochloric acid concentration 3mol/L。The condition of hydrothermal synthesis of zinc ferrite is Fe:Zn=2:1, 180℃, 6h, and the calcination temperature has a significant effect on the particle size of the product。Under the sunlight, income of zinc ferrite on the preparation of 50mg / L methyl orange, gentian violet and malachite green solution decolorization rates were 33。56%, 49。09% and 92。38%。
Keywords:EAF dust; Hydrothermal treatment; Zinc ferrite; Photocatalysis