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Recovery of Neodymium from NdFeB Oxidation-Roasted Scrap by Acetic Acid Leaching  

Yoon, Ho-Sung (Division of Minerals Utilization and Materials, Korea Institute of Geoscience and Mineral Resources)
Kim, Chul-Joo (Division of Minerals Utilization and Materials, Korea Institute of Geoscience and Mineral Resources)
Kim, Joon-Soo (Division of Minerals Utilization and Materials, Korea Institute of Geoscience and Mineral Resources)
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Resources Recycling / v.13, no.6, 2004 , pp. 43-48 More about this Journal
Abstract
For the separation of neodymium from NdFeB permanent magnet scrap, the scrap was roasted for oxidizing, and leached with acetic acid followed by fractional crystallization for selective separation. From the analysis results of the leached solution, the optimum condition for the recovery of neodymium was found that leaching temperature, leaching time and pulp density are 80$^{\circ}C$, 3 hours, and 35%, respectively. At this optimum condition, more than 90% of neodymium could be recovered. Concentration of neodymium acetate in acetic acid. The optimum condition for the recovery of neodymium acetate crystal from the leached solution was that the initial leaching solution was evaporated until the remaining volume was about 1/5 of the initial volume. At this condition, 67.5% of neodymium was recovered from the leached solution. The neodymium remaining in the concentrated solution was recovered by reacting it with oxalic acid.
Keywords
NdFeB magnet scrap; oxidation-roasting; acetic acid leaching; fractional crystallization; neodymium acetate;
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