Rare earth oxides recovered from scrap permanent magnets (IMAGE)

DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Rare earth oxides recovered from scrap permanent magnets

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To demonstrate that membrane solvent extraction technology is highly scalable for industrial use, researchers recovered a large amount of rare earth oxides from scrap permanent magnets using membrane solvent extraction technology.

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Carlos Jones/ORNL, U.S. Dept. of Energy

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