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Recent Progress on Utilization of Metal-Rich Wastes in Ferrite Processing: A Review

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Ferrite is an important functional material with a wide range of applications. Its excellent structural and chemical stabilities also make it a candidate for stabilizing heavy metal-containing wastes. Utilization of metal-rich wastes in ferrite processing, especially those containing heavy metals enables benefits of both waste recycling and heavy-metal stabilization to be achieved. In this paper, we extensively review the types of waste that have been used in such applications, and their roles and final products in ferrite processing. Processing methods for ferrite from waste are compared with those of ferrite from pure chemicals. The properties and applications of waste-derived ferrites are summarized, and the potential for stabilization of heavy metals in ferrite structures is discussed.

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Abbreviations

a*:

Color position between red (+a*) and green (−a*)

b*:

Color position between yellow (+b*) and blue (−b*)

emu :

Magnetic unit

H A :

Magnetic anisotropy field

H c :

Coercivity

L*:

Lightness of color, ranging from black (L* = 0) to white (L* = 100)

Me :

Metal ions other than Fe in ferrite structures

M S :

Saturation magnetization

Oe :

Oersted, CGS unit of magnetic field strength

R :

One layer containing three oxygen anions with a single Ba2+, Sr2+, Pb2+, or Ca2+

S :

Four layers each containing four oxygen anions, as in spinel structure

T :

Four layers of oxygen anions, with one Ba2+ or another divalent ion replacing an oxygen anion in the middle two layers

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Mei, L., Iizuka, A. & Shibata, E. Recent Progress on Utilization of Metal-Rich Wastes in Ferrite Processing: A Review. Waste Biomass Valor 9, 1669–1679 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12649-017-9909-x

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