Electrochemical Production of Tungsten Oxides from Wc-Co Carbide-Type Pseudo-Alloy Waste

Abstract:

Electrochemical research is devoted to the development of a method of processing secondary raw materials containing tungsten in the form of a pseudoalloy of the carbide type WC–Co in sulfate solutions. The target processing products are: powders of tungsten oxides of lower oxidation states, which can be reduced to metallic tungsten with lower costs. Using the methods of linear and cyclic voltammetry, it was established that the selective dissolution of the cobalt component of the pseudoalloy in the studied solutions occurs at potentials more positive than 0.2 V, carbon is removed from the working electrode at a potential > 0.8 V. At the same time, tungsten is oxidized to the higher oxide WO₃. It was determined that in sulfuric acid, with an increase in its concentration from 1 to 5 mol∙dm-3, the current density decreases, which is associated with the formation of a solid surface layer of tungsten oxide on the surface of the anode, which passivates the surface. It was established experimentally that when adding 1 mol∙dm^-3 of H₂SO₄ hexamine (C₆H₁₂N₄) with a concentration of 0.9 mol∙dm^-3 to a solution, it is possible to block the process of formation of a passivating film and obtain powders of tungsten oxides of lower oxidation states.

• Periodical: Key Engineering Materials (Volume 988)
• Pages: 89-97
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/p-p76UcZ
• Online since: September 2024
• Authors: Larisa Lyashok, Gennadiy Tulskiy, Alexey Vasilchenko*, Evgeny Doronin
• Keywords: Linear Voltammetry, Process Kinetics, Pseudoalloy, Reducing Agent, Sulfuric Acid, Tungsten, Tungsten Carbide, Tungsten Oxide

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