sQIT stands for Quebec Iron and Titanium. QIT owns an ilmenite mine in northeastern Quebec.

The ore is shipped to Tracy where it is processed to titanium dioxide slag, iron pigs, steel billets
and steel autoparts. This dust comes from the dust collecting system of the steelmelting department
and has the following general formula:

FE2O3………………. 85%
SIO2 ………………….5.0%
CAO ………………….5.0%
MGO …………………1.0%
ZNO ………………….2.0%
CARBON ……………2.0%
TOTAL ……………100%

It was 170 mesh sieved.

A theoritical substitution is as follows for each 1% of the stuff :

Red Iron Oxide ………..0.820
Silica …………………..0.050
Whiting ………………..0.060
Dolomite………………0.050
Zinc oxide …………….0.020
Total…………………..1.000

Common Iron Oxides could be Good Substitutes


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Atlas Brown Dust
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Atlas Stainless Steels is a maker of stainless products and owns a plant in Tracy, Québec where

sheets of stainless steels are rolled. This brown dust comes from the anti-pollution system of the

melting department and has the following general formula:

FE2O3            58%

CR2O3           14%

NIO                 5.0%

MNO              7.0%

CAO               7.0%

MGO              6.0%

SIO2               3.0%

TOTAL           100%

                       

This waste material was 170 mesh sieved.

A theoritical substitution is as follows for each 1% of the stuff :

Red Iron Oxide                       0.702                          

Green Chromium Oxide         0.161                          

Black Nickel Oxide                0.031                          

Manganese Dioxide                0.046                          

Dolomite                                0.092                          

Silica                                      0.014

                     

Total                                                        1.046     

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Shino Mordoré

Nepheline syenite    78

Lithium carbonate      4

EPK      5

Ball clay      9

Silica      4

Bentonite      4

QIT Red Dust      1.2

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Shino Rouge #7


Ball clay      6
Redart      6
Nepheline syenite    78
EPK      6
Lithium carbonate      4

Bentonite      6

QIT Red Dust      1.05

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Shino Rouge

Nepheline syenite    76
Lithium carbonate      3
Whiting      1
Ball clay    17
Silica      3

Bentonite      6
Atlas Brown Dust      0.6
QIT Red Dust      0.6

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Shino Rouge Glacé

Ball clay      6

Redart      6

Nepheline syenite    78

EPK      6

Lithium carbonate      4

Bentonite      6

QIT Red Dust      1.75

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Shino Rouge Foncé

Ball clay      6

Redart      6

Nepheline syenite    78

EPK      6

Lithium carbonate      4

Bentonite      6

QIT Red Dust      1.8

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Shino Brun Foncé

Nepheline syenite    76

Lithium carbonate      3

Ball clay    18

Silica      3

Bentonite      3

QIT Red Dust      3.5

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Shino Brun Foncé

Nepheline syenite    76

Lithium carbonate      3

Ball clay    18

Silica      3

Bentonite      3

QIT Red Dust      4

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Shino Brun Foncé

Nepheline syenite    76
Lithium carbonate      3
Ball clay    18

Silica      3

Bentonite      3
QIT Red Dust      4.5

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Shino Brun Foncé

Nepheline syenite    76

Lithium carbonate      3

Ball clay    18

Silica      3

Bentonite      3

QIT Red Dust      5

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Shino Brun Foncé Métallique

Nepheline syenite    76

Lithium carbonate      3

Ball clay    18

Silica      3

Bentonite      3

QIT Red Dust      5

Bone ash      5

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