Recovery of Metal Values from Sm-Co Magnets Scrap

Sm–Co–Cu–Ti high-temperature permanent magnets

Recovery of scrap iron metal value using biogenerated ferric iron.

The utility of employing biogenerated ferric iron as an oxidant for the recycling of scrap metal has been demonstrated using continuously growing cells of the extremophilic organism Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans. A ferric iron rich (70 mol%) lixiviant resulting from bioreactor based growth of A. ferrooxidans readily solubilized target scrap metal with the resultant generation of a leachate con...

Role of diffused Co atoms in improving effective exchange coupling in Sm-Co/Fe spring magnets

Y. Choi,1,2 J. S. Jiang,1 Y. Ding,3 R. A. Rosenberg,4 J. E. Pearson,1 S. D. Bader,1 A. Zambano,5 M. Murakami,5 I. Takeuchi,5 Z. L. Wang,3 and J. P. Liu2 1Materials Science Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois 60439, USA 2Department of Physics, University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, Texas 76019, USA 3School of Materials Science and Engineering, Georgia Institute of Tech...

Leaching studies for metals recovery from printed circuit boards scrap

In this paper, the leaching behavior of the major metals present in printed circuit boards waste is evaluated, aiming at its recycling by hydrometallurgy. Several leachants were compared (sulfuric, hydrochloric and nitric acids, at 2 M H concentration), at temperatures of 25oC and 90oC and 4 hours of reaction time. Sulfuric acid leaching was not very promising concerning metals dissolution bein...

Magnetic hardening studies in sintered Sm„Co,Cux ,Fe,Zr...z 2:17 high temperature magnets

Lorentz microscopy combined with conventional transmission electron microscopy were used to image the magnetic domains and microstructures of sintered Sm~CobalCuxFe0.06Zr0.03)z ~0.088<x <0.128; 5.8<z<7.2! permanent magnets which were specifically designed for high temperature applications. The microstructural data were correlated with the magnetic measurements to understand the origin of coerci...