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For recovery of rare earth elements from the NdFeB based permanent magnet scraps, a high temperature process was used. Permanent magnets scraps were firstly oxidized in air. The optimal oxidation conditions under air are at temperature of 700°C holding for 30min. After the oxidation process, the oxides were reduced by graphite crucible at 1500°C under Ar atmosphere. By this way, the rare earth elements were recovered in the form of oxides, and Fe was separated to the metal phase. Boron distributed in both the rare earth oxides (REO) containing slag and the metal phase. In order to reduce the boron contents in the rare earth oxides, the carbon saturated iron bath and NdFeB added carbon saturated iron bath were used to refine the slag. By this process, the rare earth oxides with a comparatively high purity of 98.2% were gotten.
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Bian, Y. et al. (2015). Recovery of Rare Earth Elements from NdFeB Magnet Scraps by Pyrometallurgical Processes. In: Neelameggham, N.R., Alam, S., Oosterhof, H., Jha, A., Dreisinger, D., Wang, S. (eds) Rare Metal Technology 2015. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-48188-3_27
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