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Recovery Of Rare Earth Elements By Advanced Processing Technologies, Prince Sarfo
Recovery Of Rare Earth Elements By Advanced Processing Technologies, Prince Sarfo
Graduate Theses & Non-Theses
Rare earth elements (REEs) are strategic materials of extreme importance to both military and civil applications. REEs are mined and processed because of their criticality. End of life rare earth metals are recycled for efficient use of natural resources and also to ensure supply of these critical raw materials. By using hydro- or pyro-metallurgical approaches, REEs can be processed from mined ore or recycled from magnets and other materials as rare earth oxides, fluorides and chlorides. Typically, rare earth oxides are dissolved in a molten halide bath, converted to metal by electrolysis at elevated temperatures, and then recovered as a …
Microstuctural Analysis Of Additively Manufactured 308l Stainless Steel Produced By Plasma Arc Welding, Ryan Foley
Microstuctural Analysis Of Additively Manufactured 308l Stainless Steel Produced By Plasma Arc Welding, Ryan Foley
Graduate Theses & Non-Theses
Additive Manufacturing (AM) is a technique to produce special products by depositing layers of material in a specific pattern. Wire and arc additive manufacturing (WAAM) is an AM technique that uses welding equipment that has been modified and automated to deposit layers of welding wire. Characterization of specimens produced by WAAM method is required to optimize the process parameters. This research focuses on the microstructure characterization of 308L stainless steel samples produced by a novel WAAM technique known as Plasma Arc Weld Print 3D (PP3D). PP3D consists of multiple plasma arc torches that can deposit material in two modes of …
Investigation Of Surface Treatment And Density Separation For Selective Recycling Of Plastics, Adilbek Baigabelov
Investigation Of Surface Treatment And Density Separation For Selective Recycling Of Plastics, Adilbek Baigabelov
Graduate Theses & Non-Theses
Froth flotation has been a useful method for flotation separation of plastics. Teeter bed concentration may also be potentially employed to accomplish gravity-based separation of plastics from a mixture. This work investigates selective separation of six different types of plastics using a novel method by combining advanced gravity concentration and froth flotation techniques. Surface active reagents were used during flotation studies for modification of surface properties of certain plastics in order to enhance selectivity. Elutriation technology in a teeter bed separator was successfully employed to achieve gravity-based concentration of certain plastics. The novel flowsheet was shown to recover plastics of …