A decomposing technique for scheelite concentrate and low-grade scheelite concentrate

The effect of different decomposition conditions on tungsten recovery for scheelite concentrate has been examined. The results show that tungsten recovery can be more than 98% under decomposing conditions as follows: the amount of caustic soda is 2.2 and 3.2 times of theoretical respectively, ratio of water and ore is 0.7-0.8, temperature is 160℃, and preservation time is 2.0 h for scheelite concentrate (63.21% WO3) and low grade scheelite concentrate (55.17% WO3).