Affiliation:
1. Department of Industrial and Information Engineering and of Economics (DIIIE), Engineering Headquarters of Roio, University of L’Aquila, 67100 L’Aquila, Italy
Abstract
The high demand for rare earth permanent magnets (REPMs) for use in advanced electrical equipment has led to the classification of some rare earth elements (REEs), such as neodymium, praseodymium, and dysprosium, as strategic raw materials by the European Union. Finding an efficient method with economic benefits and minimal environmental impact is one of the challenges of recycling REPMs. A novel method to recover REPM metals by dissolving them with citric acid and separating the rare earth elements using the solvent extraction method as the next step has been introduced. Therefore, this research investigates the efficiency and kinetics of leaching REPM swarf by citric acid (0.5 to 2.5 M). The results showed that increasing the citric acid concentration from 0.5 M to 1.45 M significantly enhanced the dissolving rate of all studied elements. Although the results showed that the optimal concentration of citric acid in the leaching reagent was between 0.9 and 1.45 M, the REE dissolving reaction with a leaching reagent containing 1.45 M and 0.9 M citric acid reached equilibrium conditions at about 120 and 180 min, respectively. It could be concluded that using citric acid as an organic acid can dissolve the metals in REPM swarf with high efficiency and a fast dissolving rate. This issue can be considered key for recycling REPMs and the future REE supply challenge.
Subject
General Materials Science,Metals and Alloys
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