• 한국표면공학회지
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• 제53권6호
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• pp.322-329
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• 2020

The utilization of aluminum scrap is a subject of great importance in terms of reducing energy consumption and environmental protection. However, aluminum scrap contains impurities, which can degrade the properties of aluminum alloy, especially corrosion resistance. This study examines the effect of scrap charge rate of aluminum alloys about microstructures and corrosion characteristics. According to the metallographic examinations, Mg2Si tended to become coarser and its uniformity was decreased by increasing aluminum scrap charge rate. The immersion test exhibited corrosion progressed through the eutectic areas due to micro-galvanic interactions. Electrochemical measurements revealed that excess aluminum scrap could reduce the intergranular corrosion resistance of aluminum alloys. Results showed that the scrap charge rate is important factor in the design of corrosion resistance of aluminum die casting alloys.

• 한국주조공학회지
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• 제40권3호
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• pp.85-96
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• 2020

The effect of an aluminum scrap addition ratio on the tensile and solidification cracking properties of the AC4A aluminum alloy in the as-cast state and heat-treated state were investigated in this study. Generally, the expected problem of using scrap in aluminum casting is an increase of hydrogen and Fe element inside the aluminum melt. Another issue is an oxide film which has a weak interface with the molten aluminum and acts as potent nucleation sites for internal porosity and crack initiation. Solidification cracking is one of the critical defects that must be resolved to produce high quality castings. A conventional evaluation method for solidification cracking is a relative and qualitative analysis method which does not provide quantitative data on the thermal stress in the solidification process. Therefore, a newly designed solidification cracking test apparatus was used in this study, and the device can provide quantitative data. As a result, after conducting experiments with different scrap addition ratios (0%, 20%, 35%, 50%), the tensile strengths and elongations in the as-cast state were 214, 187.7, 182.1 and 170.4MPa and 4.6%, 3.4%, 3.1% and 2.3%, respectively. In the case of the T6 heat-treated state, the tensile strengths and elongations were 314.9, 294.6, 293.1 and 271.1MPa and 5.4%, 4.6%, 3.8% and 3.1%, respectively. The strength of the solidification cracking was 3.1, 2.4, 2.2and 1.6MPa as the scrap addition ratio increases.

• 한국주조공학회지
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• 제38권6호
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• pp.121-131
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• 2018

The effect of additives on the castability of the AC2BS aluminum alloy, which contains 35% recycled scrap, was investigated. For the wide utilization of the recycled scrap AC2BS aluminum alloy, the research results were compared to those with the AC2B virgin alloy, which is typical Al-Si-Cu alloy system. It was confirmed that the addition of Al-5%Ti-1%B increased the ${\alpha}$-Al nucleation temperature during solidification and decreased the grain size through cooling curve and microstructural observations of the recycled alloy. It was also found that an addition of Al-10%Sr decreased the eutectic Si growth temperature during the solidification process and modified the shape of the eutectic Si of the recycled alloy. The characteristics of fluidity, shrinkage and solidification crack strength were evaluated. For the AC2BS aluminum alloy containing 35% recycled scrap, both ${\alpha}$-Al grain refinement due to Ti-B and eutectic Si modifications due to Sr contributed to the improvement of the fluidity. The macro- shrinkage ratio increased with additions of both Al-10%Sr and Al-5%Ti-1%B and the micro-shrinkage ratio increased with the addition of Al-10%Sr but decreased with the addition of Al-5%Ti-1%B. The casting characteristics of TiB and Sr-treated AC2BS aluminum alloy containing 35% recycled scrap are similar to those of AC2B virgin alloy. The improvement of the solidification crack strength of the AC2BS aluminum alloy was possible by the reduction of the grain boundary the stress concentration through the enhancement by both ${\bullet}{\cdot}$-Al refinement and eutectic Si modification. More extensive use of the AC2BS aluminum alloy containing 35% recycled scrap can be expected in the future.

• 한국주조공학회지
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• 제38권5호
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• pp.87-94
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• 2018

The effects of Sr and (Ti-B) additives on the tensile properties of AC4A recycled (35% scrap content) aluminum alloys were investigated. An acicular morphology of the eutectic Si phase of as-cast specimens was converted to a fibrous morphology upon the addition of Sr. Moreover, morphology of the Sr modified eutectic Si phase became finer due to a T6 heat treatment. The grain size of the ${\alpha}$-solid solution was decreased by the addition of (Ti-B) additives. Depending on the treatment conditions of the as-cast specimens, i.e., no addition, a Sr addition and a (Ti-B)+Sr addition, the tensile strength levels of the as-cast specimens were 182, 192, and 204MPa, respectively. The corresponding strengths of T6 heat-treated specimens were 293, 308, and 318MPa. Elongations of the as-cast specimens were 2.2, 3.1, and 5.6%, and the corresponding elongations of the T6 heat-treated specimens were 4.6, 6.1, and 7.6%. The percentage of the reduced section area in the tensile specimens was also increased by the Sr and (Ti-B) additives. Sr and (Ti-B) additives changed the microstructure and the distribution of defects in the castings, resulting in an improvement of the tensile properties of AC4A aluminum alloys. According to our test results, recycled (35% scrap content) AC4A aluminum alloy met all of the KS requirements of the tensile strength and elongation values of AC4A aluminum alloy except for the elongation value of the one specimen condition, in this case the as-cast no-addition condition.

• 자원리싸이클링
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• 제33권4호
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• pp.36-46
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• 2024

니켈계 내열합금인 인코넬 713C 스크랩으로부터 니켈을 회수하는 습식제련 기반 재활용공정을 연구하였다. 개발공정은 i) 고온전처리 스크랩의 파분쇄, ii) 황산침출, iii) 미반응 산, 몰리브데늄, 알루미늄의 용매추출과 크롬의 침전분리, iv) 진공증발결정화를 통한 황산니켈 제조, 그리고 v) 니켈의 전해채취 순서로 진행되었다. 75 #x339B; 이하로 용이하게 파분쇄가 가능한 니켈-알루미늄 금속간화합물(Ni₂Al₃)를 건식제련 전처리로 제조하고 황산침출에 사용하였다. 황산 농도 2 mol/L, 고액비 20 g/L, 침출 온도 80 ℃ 조건에서 2시간 동안 침출을 실시하여 몰리브데늄은 28 %, 니켈과 알루미늄은 98 % 이상의 침출율을 얻었다. 침출액으로부터 황산니켈을 회수하기 위하여 용매추출과 침전법을 활용하여 몰리브데늄, 알루미늄은 99 % 이상, 크롬은 93 % 제거하고 2.34 g/L 농도의 황산니켈 수용액을 얻었다. 이의 진공증발결정화를 통해 얻어진 황산니켈수화물을 이용해 니켈 전해채취를 실시하여 99.9 % 순도의 금속 니켈을 제조하였다. 이때 음극 전해액 pH 조절을 위해 음이온 교환막이 장착된 전해셀을 이용하였으나 교환막은 기대한 원리대로 작동하지 않았으며 이에 따라 73.3 %의 낮은 전류효율을 나타내었다.

• 자원리싸이클링
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• 제28권3호
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• pp.21-25
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• 2019

The utilization of incineration ash from municipal waste must be promoted to solve the social problem on the shortage of final disposal site. In this research, metals should be recovered to avoid the damage of the crushing machine during the utilization of incineration ash in cement industry. In fact, incineration bottom ash from municipal waste contains iron in 3-5%. Nonferrous metal and stainless steel in 1% is also included. The research and development on the physical recovery process was performed not only to remove the metals but also to recover high grade products. Metals were separated from incineration ash in Maruya Co. Ltd.. In fact, iron scrap recovered by magnetic separation can be selled. After that, mixed metal was separated from incineration ash using screen. In this research, mixed metal tried to divided copper, aluminum, brass and stainless steel using drum type magnetic separation, eddy current separation and high magnetic separation. As a result, recovered iron had an 80% for the grade. Aluminum was recovered by eddy current separation without copper and brass.

• 한국자원리싸이클링학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국자원리싸이클링학회 2005년도 춘계임시총회 및 제25회 학술발표대회
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• pp.23-27
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• 2005

본 연구에서는 유가금속 성분이 약 45%인 폐인쇄회로기판을 사용하여 염산 용액에서 전해생성된 염소에 의한 침출 거동을 조사하였다. 폐인쇄회로기판내 유가금속 중 구리는 약 84%에 해당하였다. 전해생성된 염소에 의한 침출거동에 미치는 변수들의 영향을 조사한 결과 염소의 전핸생성 및 교반에 의한 용액으로의 용해 및 혼입 단계가 침출율에 가장 큰 영향을 주었다. 염산농도 1M, 전류밀도 $20\;mA/cm^2$, 교반속도 600 rpm, 용액온도 $50^{\circ}C$의 조건에서 99%의 침출율을 얻었다. 전해생성된 염소의 침출반응 이용율은 교반속도가 높고 전류밀도가 낮을수록 높아졌다. 반응 초기에는 알루미늄, 납, 주석 등 시료내 기타 금속성분들의 침출이 주로 일어났으며, 이러한 반응이 둔화됨에 따라 구리의 침출이 증가하였다.