Raman spectra and surface structure of CaO-Fe2O3-Al2O3-SiO2 glass leached in potassium hydroxide solutions

It is difficult to research on the surface structure of amorphous phase in fly ash during leaching reaction due to crystalline phase and complex structure. In the present work, in order to reveal the effects of leaching reaction on the surface structure of amorphous phase in fly ash, the modelling CaO-Fe2O3-Al2O3-SiO2 glass was prepared by the traditional melting methods. The leaching reaction of CaO-Fe2O3-Al2O3-SiO2 glass with 7.5 M KOH was investigated by spectroscopy, spectrophotometer and wet chemical method. The results show that the content of Q1, Q2, Q3 and Q4 of glass without corrosion was 4.21, 9.51, 23.03 and 52.55%, respectively, which shows that the network polymerization of glass is compact. The leaching reaction of glass can be described by the following equation: dS/dt = k/(r + S0). Leaching in KOH for various times induces the content of Q4 and Q1 to be decreased, and Q2 and Q3 increased, resulted in the depolymerization of network and the surface glass dissolved in alkaline solution to form a gel phase. In stage one of leaching reaction, the rate of iron ion leached from glass surface was slow, which resulted in the small slope of straight-line relationship of leaching curve. In the following stage, the leaching rate of iron ion increased with the prolongation of time.