QIT Ilmenite :

QIT stands for Quebec Iron & Titanium, it owns an ilmenite

mine in northeastern Quebec;  the ore is shipped to

Tracy where it is processed to titanium dioxide slags, iron pigs,

steel billets and steel auto parts.

This ilmenite comes from th anti-pollution system of the UKTO

where the ore is upgraded before being put into the reduction furnace

Hence the low concentrarion in TiO2 in the waste material.

A typical analysis is as such :

SiO2                     10.54

Al2O3                       6.70

Fe2O3                     32.72

TiO2                        25.69

CaO                        2.06

MgO                       3.76

FeO                       12.7

Imputities               5.66

Total                     100

A theorotical substitution of it is as follows for 1% of the stuff :

Rutile                        .260

Fe2O3                    .450

EPK                       .170

Dolomite             .   100

Silica                      .020

Total                    1.000

Formula of the Base

Na2O  0.14    Al2O3  0.44     SiO2  3.38

K2O  0.14                              P2O5  0.00

MgO  0.00                              TiO2  0.00

CaO  0.72                              Fe2O3  0.00

Alumina:Silica ratio is  1.00:7.62

Neutral:Acid ratio is    1.00:7.63

Alk:Neut:Acid ratio is 1.00:0.44:3.38

Expansion: 76.1 x 10e-7 per degree C

Rouille Glacé

Custer feldspar    25

Nepheline syenite    25

Cornwall Stone    25

Whiting    10

Frit 3134    10

Silica      5

Bentonite      4

QIT Ilmenite    12

Rouille Glacé

Custer feldspar    25

Nepheline syenite    25

Cornwall Stone    25

Whiting    10

Frit 3134    10

Silica      5

Bentonite      4

QIT Ilmenite    14

Rouille Glacé

Custer feldspar    25

Nepheline syenite    25

Cornwall Stone    25

Whiting    10

Frit 3134    10

Silica      5

Bentonite      4

QIT Ilmenite    16

Brun Foncé Glacé

Custer feldspar    25

Nepheline syenite    25

Cornwall Stone    25

Whiting    10

Frit 3134    10

Silica      5

Bentonite      4

QIT Ilmenite    18

Brun Foncé Glacé

Custer feldspar    25

Nepheline syenite    25

Cornwall Stone    25

Whiting    10

Frit 3134    10

Silica      5

Bentonite      4

QIT Ilmenite    20