The invention discloses a method for continuously preparing
metal samarium through direct thermal reduction, and belongs to the technical field of nonferrous
metallurgy. The preparation method comprises the following steps: Sm2O3, Al, CaO or MgO are mixed, wherein a
reducing agent is Al, and can be replaced by an Si-Fe
alloy with 75
mass% of Ca or Si; the batching and the
pelletizing are performed; and then, the high-temperature reduction reaction is performed for
pellets in flowing
inert gas or
nitrogen atmosphere; and finally, high-temperature
samarium steam carried out by flowing
inert carrier gases or
nitrogen in a high-temperature reduction furnace is condensed to obtain the
metal samarium. The method adopts the relative-vacuum manner, cancels a vacuum
system and a vacuum reduction tank, realizes the continuous preparation of the
metal samarium, shortens the reduction period, and improves the preparation efficiency; the
recovery rate of the metal samarium can reach above 97%; as the
energy consumption is obviously reduced, the method is a novel energy-saving green process for preparing the metal samarium with low cost; and the method is simple in operation, is simpler in equipment, is low in requirement, and reduces the equipment investment and the operation cost.