Characterization of Chemical Composition and Microstructure of Natural Iron Ore from Muko Deposits

Table 1

Complete chemical composition of Muko iron ore.

Ore	Ug 1	Ug 2	Ug 3	Ug 4	Ug 5	Ug 6
Mine	Rushekye	Kamena	Kyanyanuzinda	Nyamiyaga	Butare	Kashenyi
Marking	a	b	c	e	f	d
Chemical composition (mass %)
FeO	0.26	0.82	0.26	0.10	0.33	0.46
Fe2O3	97.8	97.2	98.3	98.7	96.6	86.7
SiO2	0.96	0.80	0.41	0.62	1.20	5.10
Al2O3	0.58	0.65	0.35	0.43	1.00	6.00
S	<0.001	0.002	0.006	0.001	<0.001	0.003
P2O5	<0.02	0.02	0.02	<0.02	0.05	0.02
MnO	<0.01	<0.01	<0.01	<0.01	<0.01	<0.01
ZnO	<0.01	<0.01	<0.01	<0.01	<0.01	<0.01
PbO	<0.01	0.02	<0.01	<0.01	<0.01	<0.01
CuO	<0.01	<0.01	<0.01	<0.01	<0.01	<0.01
MgO	<0.01	<0.01	<0.01	<0.01	0.02	0.02
TiO2	<0.02	<0.02	<0.02	<0.02	0.03	0.17
C	0.013	0.020	0.020	0.010	0.019	0.083