期刊
METALS
卷 12, 期 9, 页码 -出版社
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/met12091464
关键词
recycling; oxidation; rare earth elements; magnets
资金
- Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action [273 EN]
- project sustainable recovery of rare earth elements (Nd, Pr, Dy) from spent magnets
NdFeB magnets are widely used in various technological applications due to their remarkable magnetic properties. However, their limited recycling and China's monopoly on rare earth elements supply pose economic and environmental challenges. This paper proposes a pyrometallurgical recycling method for end-of-life NdFeB magnets by oxidizing them in air. The experimental results show that the material is completely oxidized at 1100 degrees C, resulting in the formation of various metal oxides.
Due to their remarkable magnetic properties, such as a high maximum energy product, high remanence, and high coercivity, NdFeB magnets are used in a variety of technological applications. Because of their very limited recycling, high numbers of spent NdFeB magnets are widely available in the market. In addition to China's monopoly on the supply of most rare earth elements, there is a need for the recovery of these critical metals, as their high import price poses an economic and environmental challenge for manufacturers. This paper proposes a pyrometallurgical recycling method for end-of-life NdFeB magnets by oxidizing them in air as first required step. The main goal of this method is to oxidize rare earth elements from NdFeB magnets in order to prepare them for the carbothermic reduction. The experimental conditions, such as the oxidation temperature and time, were studied in order to establish the phase transformation during oxidation using the Factsage Database and experimental conditions. Our thermogravimetric analysis TGA analysis revealed an increased sample mass by 35% between room temperature and 1100 degrees C, which is very close to the total calculated theoretical value of oxygen (36.8% for all elements, and only 3.6% for rare earth elements REE), confirming the complete oxidation of the material. The obtained quantitative analysis of the oxidation product, in (%), demonstrated values of 53.41 Fe2O3, 10.37 Fe3O4; 16.45 NdFeO3; 0.45 Nd2O3, 1.28 Dy2O3, 1.07 Pr2O3, and 5.22 alpha-Fe.
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