• 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.

• Mass Spectrometry Letters
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• 제12권4호
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• pp.186-191
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• 2021

A new method for chemical separation of light rare-earth elements (LREEs) using gas-pressurized extraction chromatography (GPEC) is described. GPEC is a microscale column chromatography system that features a constant flow of solvents, which is created by pressurized nitrogen gas. The separation column with a Teflon tubing was packed with LN resin. The proposed GPEC method facilitates production of lesser chemical wastes and faster separation owing to the use of low solvent volume compared to traditional column chromatography. We evaluated the separation of Ba, La, Ce, and Nd using various elution solvents. The column reproducibility of the proposed GPEC system ranged from 2.4% to 4.9% with RSDs of recoveries, and the column-to-column reproducibility ranged from 3.1% to 6.3% with RSDs of recoveries. The proposed technique is robust, and it can be useful for the fast separation of LREEs.

• 한국분말재료학회지
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• 제22권1호
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• pp.27-31
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• 2015

Flat panel display devices are mainly used as information display devices in the 21st century. The worldwide waste flat panel displays are expected at 2-3 million units but most of them are land-filled for want of a proper recycling technology More specifically, rare earth metals of La and Eu are used as fluorescent materials of Cold Cathode Flourscent Lamp(CCFL)s in the waste flat panel displays and they are critically vulnerable and irreplaceable strategic mineral resources. At present, most of the waste CCFLs are disposed of by land-filling and incineration and proper recovery of 80-plus tons per annum of the rare earth fluorescent materials will significantly contribute to steady supply of them. A dearth of Korean domestic research results on recovery and recycling of rare earth elements in the CCFLs prompts to initiate this status report on overseas research trends and noteworthy research results in related fields.

• 한국주조공학회지
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• 제23권4호
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• pp.187-194
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• 2003

The effect of rare earth elements (R.E)(from 0.0 to 0.04%) on the microstructure formation and mechanical properties of thin-wall ductile iron castings were investigated. Tensile strength and hardness were decreased with an addition of up to 0.03% rare-earth elements. After addition of more than 0.03%, those were increased. Graphite nodule sizes were the finest, nodule count was the highst regardless of thickness and volume fraction of ferrite was the largest when that was 0.02%. However, the nodule count was decreased with increasing R.E. Futhermore. nodule size increased with increasing thickness and the volume fraction of ferrite decreased as that was increased. Nodularity was increased regardless of the thickness as that was increased. The castings of minium thickness up to 3 mm was possible without the formation of chill.

• 자원리싸이클링
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• 제27권1호
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• pp.22-30
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• 2018

폐니켈수소전지에 함유되어 있는 유가금속인 니켈, 코발트 그리고 희토류의 산업적 재활용을 위하여 자동차용 폐전지모듈로부터 분해, 분쇄 및 분급을 통하여 전극 분말을 회수하였다. 회수된 전극 분말 스크랩을 황산용액으로 침출한 결과 황산농도 1.0 M, 고액비 25 g/L, 반응 온도 $90^{\circ}C$, 4시간 동안의 반응조건에서 니켈, 코발트 그리고 희토류는 약 99%의 침출결과를 얻었으며, 침출액으로부터 희토류는 10 M NaOH를 이용하여 pH 2.0 이하에서 희토류 침전물과 니켈/코발트 용액 분리가 가능하였다.

• 자원리싸이클링
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• 제21권3호
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• pp.74-83
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• 2012

희토류 금속의 제련은 광석에서부터 파분쇄, 선별과정을 거쳐 정광을 만들고, 정광 중의 희토류 성분을 추출하고 성분별로 분리하는 분리정제공정을 거쳐 희토류산화물이나 염화물과 같은 희토류화합물을 제조한 다음 희토류화합물에서 금속을 추출해내는 환원과정을 거친다. 본 고에서는 대표적 희토류 광물로서 불탄산염계광물인 바스트나사이트(bastnasite, ((RE)($CO_3$)F)와 인산염계 광물인 모나자이트(monazite,(RE)($PO_4SiO_4$))의 분해 침출과 분리정제 방법에 대해서 간략히 기술하고, 분리공정의 산물인 희토류화합물에서부터 범용 희토류금속 제조법으로 사용되고 있는 금속열환원법과 용융염전해법에 대하여 개략적인 내용을 소개하였다.

• 자원환경지질
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• 제30권6호
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• pp.553-566
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• 1997

Origin, behavior and enrichment of environmental toxic elements from the Deokpyeong area were investigated on the basis of major, trace and rare earth element geochemistry. Coaly metapelites of the Deokpyeong area are subdivided into grey phyllite, dark grey phyllite, coaly slate and black slate, which are interbedded along the Ogcheon Supergroup. The coaly slate had been mined for coal, but mining is closed. The coaly and black slates are lower contents of $SiO_2$ and $Al_2O_3$, and higher contents of LOI, CaO, $Na_2O$ and BaO as compared with the phyllitic rocks. Rare earth elements are highly enriched in the coaly and black slate. Average compositions (ppm) of minor and/or environmental toxic elements in the coaly and black slate are revealed as As=127, Ba=30,163, Cd=18, Cr=740, Cu=84, Mo=378, Pb=43, Sb=12, Se=44, U=144, V=8,147 and Zn=292, which are extremely high concentrations than those in the NASC compositions. Major elements (average enrichment index; 5.34) in the coaly metapelites are mostly depleted, excepting $P_2O_5$ and BaO, normalized by NASC. Rare earth elements (average enrichment index; 1.48) are enriched in the coaly slate. On the basis of NASC, minor and/or environmental toxic elements in the coaly metapelites were strongly enriched of all the elements with the exception of Co, Cs, Ni and Sr. Average enrichment index of trace elements in coaly metapelite is 31.51 (coaly slate; 51.94 and black slate; 15.46). Especially, enrichment index of potentially toxic elements (As, Ba, Cr, Cu, Mo, Ni, Sb, Se, U, V and Zn) of the rock is 46.10 (grey phyllite; 7.15, dark grey phyllite; 4.77, coaly slate; 88.96 and black slate; 22.11). These coal formations were deposited in basin of boundary between terrestrial and marine environments deduced to carbon, sulfur (C/S=2.2 to 275.7), trace and rare earth elements characteristics. Irregular behavior and dispersion between major, minor and rare earth elements of those metapelites indicates a variable source materials, incomplete mixing of differential source and/or reequilibrium of diagenesis and metamorphism.

• 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.

• 한국자기학회지
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• 제22권6호
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• pp.221-227
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• 2012

고특성 영구자석은 하이브리드 및 전기자동차의 구동모터와 풍력발전에 적용되면서 크게 주목을 받고 있다. Nd-Fe-B 영구자석은 가장 높은 최대자기에너지적을 가지고 있지만 고온(${\sim}200^{\circ}C$)의 구동환경에서는 보자력이 급격히 감소하기 때문에 사용할 수 없는 단점을 가지고 있다. 그러므로 큰 보자력을 가지는 Nd-Fe-B 영구자석에 대한 개발이 요구되고 있다. Nd-Fe-B 소결자석에서 보자력을 증가시키기 위해서는 Nd를 Dy 또는 Tb으로 치환하면 쉽게 증가시킬 수 있다. 그러나 이들 원소는 Fe와 반강자성 결합을 하여 잔류자속밀도를 낮추고, 적은 매장량과 한정된 지역에 편재되어 있어 수요급증에 따른 자원수급 및 가격 급등의 문제를 가지고 있다. 따라서, Dy 및 Tb과 같은 중희토류를 사용하지 않거나 최소한의 양을 사용하여 보자력을 증가시키고자 하는 연구가 많이 진행되고 있다. 본 논문에서는 이러한 중희토류 원소의 저감 및 대체에 대한 연구들을 소개하고자 한다.

• 기술사
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• 제44권2호
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• pp.39-42
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• 2011

The main concern at the moment is securing rare earth(RE) resources, because the RE is the essential elements in green technology such as hybrid car, wind power plant, LED, display etc. It's impossible Korea will be a advanced country without securing RE. The importance of investment radically in the securing RE resources and professional engineers can not be overinvested.