About this Abstract |
| Meeting |
2025 TMS Annual Meeting & Exhibition
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| Symposium
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Characterization of Minerals, Metals and Materials 2025: In-Situ Characterization Techniques
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| Presentation Title |
H-11: Characterization of Feedstock and Recovered End-of-Life NdFeB Magnet Using X-Ray Absorption and Emission Spectroscopy |
| Author(s) |
Khagesh Kumar, Mikhail A Solovyev, Matthew Robert Earlam, Michael Joseph Dziekan, Eva Allen, Jessica Durham Macholz |
| On-Site Speaker (Planned) |
Khagesh Kumar |
| Abstract Scope |
Rare-earth elements (REE) are in great demand due to their wide application in green technologies; however, due to their limited availability, there is a push to develop recycling and recovery technologies for these REEs. For the development and improvement of these technologies, there is a need for characterization tools that allow high-throughput chemical characterization to ensure integration with the existing supply chain. In that context, we utilized synchrotron-based X-ray absorption (XAS) and emission spectroscopy (XES) to quantify the composition and chemical speciation of end-of-life (EoL) neodymium iron boron (Nd-Fe-B) magnets feedstock and recovered product. The neodymium (Nd) was recovered using an electrorefining process. The high-throughput XAS and XES characterization provides chemical composition and speciation of recovered material, which can help integrate the recovery with downstream processes. |
| Proceedings Inclusion? |
Planned: |
| Keywords |
Recycling and Secondary Recovery, Magnetic Materials, Characterization |