Environmentally friendly system and method for manufacturing iron powder

A product produced from a process comprising the steps of:

• feeding hematite and a reducing agent into a rotary reactor to form a mechanical fluid bed;
• rotating said mechanical fluid bed with a rotation speed of about 30 rpm;
• heating said mechanical fluid bed to a reaction temperature in the range of 680° C.-850° C. while maintaining a reduced pressure within said rotary reactor in the range of 0.01 bar to 0.025 bar;
• maintaining said pressure and said rotation, wherein said product is a high-purity iron oxide powder capable of being used as an iron supplement for food, and formed without the requirement for post-grinding process steps.

A product produced from a process comprising the steps of:

• feeding hematite and a reducing agent into a rotary reactor to form a mechanical fluid bed;
• rotating said mechanical fluid bed with a rotation speed of about 30 rpm;
• heating said mechanical fluid bed to a reaction temperature in the range of 630° C.-650° C. while maintaining a pressure within said rotary reactor of up to 2 bars;
• maintaining said pressure and said rotation, wherein said product is a high-purity magnetite capable of being used an additive for toner or black pigment.