• Archives of Metallurgy and Materials
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• 제65권4호
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• pp.1281-1285
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• 2020

Recently, since the demand of rare earth permanent magnet for high temperature applications such as an electric motor has increased, dysprosium (Dy), a heavy rare earth element, is becoming important due to severe bias in its production. To fulfill the increasing need of Dy, recycling offers as a promising alternative. In recycling of rare earths, Hydro-metallurgical extraction method is mainly used however it has adverse environmental effects. Liquid metal extraction on the other hand, is an eco-friendly and simple method as far as the reduction of rare earth metal oxide is concerned. Therefore, liquid metal extraction was studied in this research as an alternative to the hydro-metallurgical recycling method. Magnesium (Mg) is selected as solvent metal because it doesn't form intermetallic compounds with Fe, B and has a low melting and low boiling point. Extraction behavior of Dy in (Nd,Dy)-Fe-B magnet is observed and effect of Mg ratio on extraction of Dy is confirmed.

• 대한화학회지
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• 제33권2호
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• pp.232-237
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• 1989

$NH_4^+,\;Zn^{2+}$ 및 $Al^{3+}$ 를 retining이온으로 치환시킨 양이온 교환수지관에 희토류를 직접 흡착시키거나 EDTA와 착물을 만들어 흡착시킨 후 0.0269M EDTA로 용리하여 각 분액에 포함된 화학종을 분석하여 이온교환 mechanism을 규명하였다. $Zn^{2+}$나 $Al^{3+}$으로 치환된 수지층에 희토류-EDTA 착물을 흡착시키면 retaining 이온과 EDTA가 착물을 형성하고 유리된 희토류가 수지에 흡착된 후 용리액인 EDTA 용액을 가하면 수지에 흡착되었던 희토류가 EDTA와 착물을 이루어 교환반응을 통해 용리된다. $NH_4^+$형 수지관에 희토류-EDTA 착물을 가하면 retaining 이온인 $NH_4^+$가 EDTA와 착물을 형성하지 못하므로 음의 전하를 띤 희토류-EDTA 화학종이 수지에 흡착되지 못하고 40ml이내에서 유출되었다. $Zn^{2+}$과 $Al^{3+}$형 수지관에 희토류 이온을 흡착시키면 희토류는 수지에 흡착되고 $Zn^{2+}$과 $Al^{3+}$이 유리된다.수지에 흡착된 희토류는 용리액인 EDTA용액과 반응하여 희토류-EDTA 착물을 이루어 교환반응을 하며 용리된다. $NH_4^+$형 수지관에 희토류 이온을 흡착시키면 희토류가 $NH_4^+$와 치환되어 흡착되어 EDTA를 가하면 희토류-EDTA 착물이 형성되어 교환반응 없이 그대로 유출되어 희토류가 빨리 용출된다. 이때에는 희토류 이외의 금속이 용출되지 않기 때문에 희토류의 분리에 대단히 유리하다. $Zn^{2+}$과 $Al^{3+}$으로 치환시킨 수지에서는 각 용출액의 pH는 용리액의 pH에 비해 대단히 감소하였다. 그 이유는 금속이온이 EDTA와 착물을 이룰때 EDTA에서 수소이온이 유리되기 때문이었다.

• 한국분말재료학회지
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• 제30권2호
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• pp.101-106
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• 2023

Liquid metal extraction (LME), a pyrometallurgical recycling method, is popular owing to its negligible environmental impact. LME mainly targets rare-earth permanent magnets having several rare-earth elements. Mg is used as a solvent metal for LME because of its selective and eminent reactivity with rare-earth elements in magnets. Several studies concerning the formation of Dy-Fe intermetallic compounds and their effects on LME using Mg exist. However, methods for reducing these compounds are unavailable. Fe reacts more strongly with B than with Dy; B addition can be a reducing method for Dy-Fe intermetallic compounds owing to the formation of Fe₂B, which takes Fe from Dy-Fe intermetallic compounds. The FeB alloy is an adequate additive for the decomposition of Fe₂B. To accomplish the former process, Mg must convey B to a permanent magnet during the decomposition of the FeB alloy. Here, the effect of Mg on the transfer of B from FeB to permanent magnet is observed through microstructural and phase analyses. Through microstructural and phase analysis, it is confirmed that FeB is converted to Fe₂B upon B transfer, owing to Mg. Finally, the transfer effect of Mg is confirmed, and the possibility of reducing Dy-Fe intermetallic compounds during LME is suggested.

• 자원리싸이클링
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• 제28권6호
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• pp.18-25
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• 2019

폐니켈수소전지에 함유되어 있는 세륨을 회수하기 위하여 침출 및 침전을 통해 회수한 희토류복합 침전분말을 수산화나트륨(NaOH) 수용액에 반응온도 70 ℃ 및 반응시간 4시간의 조건에서 이온치환반응을 통하여 희토류 수산화물로 변환시켰다. 이후 희토류 수산화물은 반응온도 80 ℃에서 반응시간 4시간의 조건에서 공기를 주입하며 산화반응을 통해 세륨을 Ce³⁺에서 Ce⁴⁺로 전환시켰다. 세륨의 산화율은 XPS 분석을 통해 약 25 %로 확인하였으며, 산화반응이 완료된 분말은 묽은 황산에 대한 용해도 차이를 이용하여 세륨과 나머지 희토류를 분리하였다. 최종적으로 회수된 분말은 XRD 분석을 통해 수산화세륨(Ce(OH)₄)의 결정상을 확인하였으며, 이때 세륨의 순도는 약 94.6 %, 회수율은 97.3 %를 나타내었다.

• 전기학회논문지
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• 제65권2호
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• pp.360-364
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• 2016

The rare earth output is concentrated in limited number of countries including China. Also the necessity for development of non-rare earth motor is getting signified due to the rapid increase of rare earth price and resource weaponizing policies. Non-rare earth motor is generally designed as spoke type PMSM (Permanent Magnet Synchronous Motor) in order to maximize the power density. Such spoke type PMSM has advantage in concentrating the flux but demonstrates lower efficiency compared to permanent magnet using Nd (Neodymium) permanent magnet. Therefore, applications with strong necessity for efficiency need rotor structure having improved efficiency compared to spoke type PMSM. Hence, this study suggested fan-shape type PMSM with somewhat lower power density but maximized efficiency. Fan-shape type PMSM is a rotor shape demonstrating outstanding reduction of iron loss compared to existing spoke type. Thus, this study analyzed the improvement of efficiency and reduction of loss arising from the suggested shape through parameter calculation.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제53권12호
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• pp.4106-4113
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• 2021

Rare earth doped barium tellurite glasses were synthesised and explored for their radiation shielding applications. All the samples showed good thermal stability with values varying between 101 ℃ and 135 ℃ based on dopants. Structural properties showed the dominance of matrix elements compared to rare earth dopants in forming the bridging and non-bridging atoms in the network. Bandgap values varied between 3.30 and 4.05 eV which was found to be monotonic with respective rare earth dopants indicating their modification effect in the network. Various radiation shielding parameters like linear attenuation coefficient, mean free path and half value layer were calculated and each showed the effect of doping. For all samples, LAC values decreased with increase in energy and is attributed to photoelectric mechanism. Thulium doped glasses showed the highest value of 1.18 cm^-1 at 0.245 MeV for 2 mol.% doping, which decreased in the order of erbium, holmium and the base barium tellurite glass, while half value layer and mean free paths showed an opposite trend with least value for 2 mol.% thulium indicating that thulium doped samples are better attenuators compared to undoped and other rare earth doped samples. Studies indicate an increased level of thulium doping in barium tellurite glasses can lead to efficient shielding materials for high energy radiation.

• 대한화학회지
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• 제24권3호
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• pp.239-244
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• 1980

모나자이트 중의 Y, La, Ce, Pr 및 Nd 들을 pH 8.4에서 EDTA와 착염을 만들어 미리 음이온 교환수지에 EDTA를 흡착시킨 수지관에 용리시켜 희토류 원소들의 분리를 시도하였다. 용리액은 pH 8.4의 EDTA를 사용하였으며, 용리액의 분율에 따라 측정한 각이온의 분리도는 55∼98%이었다.

• 한국분말재료학회지
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• 제25권2호
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• pp.165-169
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• 2018

Rare earth elements (REEs) are considered to be vital to modern industry due to their important roles in applications such as permanent magnets, automobile production, displays, and many more. The imbalance between demand and supply of REEs can be solved by recycling processes. Regarding the needs of industry and society, the International Organization for Standardization, Technical Committee 298 (ISO/TC298) Rare Earths has been recently launched for developing international standards on rare earth elements. In accordance with the suggestion of its constituents, it is tentatively working to develop the appropriate standards under five working groups (WG) on terms and definitions (WG1), element recycling (WG2), environmental stewardship (WG3), packaging, labelling, marking, transport, and storage (WG4), and testing analysis (WG5). The scope and structure of ISO/TC298 on the topic of rare earths is discussed in this document.

• 한국지구과학회지
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• 제42권4호
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• pp.383-389
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• 2021

Several studies investigating the behavior and environmental distribution of rare earth elements (REEs) have been reviewed to determine the geochemical processes that may affect their concentrations and fractionation patterns in groundwater and whether these elements can be used as tracers for groundwater-rock interactions and groundwater flow paths in small catchments. Inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry (ICP-MS), equipped with an ultrasonic nebulizer and active-film multiplier detector, is routinely used as an analytical technique to measure REEs in groundwater, facilitating the analysis of dissolved REE geochemistry. This review focuses on the distribution of REEs in groundwater and their application as tracers for groundwater geochemistry. Our review of existing literature suggests that REEs in ice cores can be used as effective tracers for atmospheric particles, aiding the identification of source regions.

• 대한화학회지
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• 제33권3호
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• pp.304-308
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• 1989

Methyl Thymol Blue(MTB) 발색시약을 사용하여 $Lu^{3+},\;Eu^{3+},\;Sm^{3+}$ 및 $Pr^{3+}$ 원소의 흡수분광광도법에 의한 정량법을 확립하였다. ligand와 금속의 몰비는 1:1이었으며 Hexamethylenetetramine 완충용액으로 pH 6.5로 만들었을 때 MTB의 최대흡수파장은 440 nm이며 희토류-MTB 착물의 최대흡수파장은 610 nm로 나타났고 용액의 흡광도는 발색 후 7시간 정도까지 일정한 흡광도를 나타내며 $0{\sim}110{\mu}g/50ml$의 범위에서 Beer의 법칙에 따른다. phosphate, EDTA, citrate같은 리간드이온들은 희토류 -MTB의 흡광도에 크게 영향을 주며 각각의 희토류 원소분석의 선택성은 없다. 메틸알코올, 에틸알코올 및 아세톤 용매에서도 희토류-MTB 용액의 흡광도는 변하지 않았다. 몰흡광계수는 $1.2{\sim}2.0{\times}10^4mol^{-1}{\cdot}l{\cdot}cm^{-1}$이다.