Hydrogen-assisted recycling of Nd-Fe-B magnets from the end-of-life audio products

被引:3
作者
Nayebossadri, Shahrouz [1 ,2 ]
Awais, Muhammad [2 ]
Arnold, Rob [1 ]
Degri, Malik [2 ]
Mann, Nick [1 ]
Walton, Allan [1 ,2 ]
机构
[1] HYPROMAG Ltd, Tyseley Energy Pk,Fordrough, Birmingham B25 8DW, England
[2] Univ Birmingham, Sch Met & Mat, Birmingham B15 2TT, England
关键词
Recycling; Hydrogen decrepitation; NdFeB; Rare-earth; Magnet; HPMS; PARTICLE-SIZE; COERCIVITY ENHANCEMENT; RARE-EARTHS; NDFEB; DY;
D O I
10.1016/j.jmmm.2024.172239
中图分类号
T [工业技术];
学科分类号
08 ;
摘要
The transition towards green and sustainable technologies has significantly increased the demand for a subset of raw materials known as critical elements. Rare earth elements with their main use in Neodymium-Iron-Boron magnets (NdFeB) play a key role in clean energy technologies including electric vehicles and wind turbine generators. They are also a key component in electronic devices including mobile phones, hard disk drives, and loudspeakers. Here, we build on previous knowledge of the recycling of NdFeB magnets from hard disk drives, using a hydrogen process called HPMS (Hydrogen Processing of Magnet Scrap). This study investigates a new scrap stream from loudspeakers, specifically from vehicles and flat-screen TVs. The extracted magnets from loudspeakers typically had grades of N30/N33 with relatively low coercivity values. The interactions of the extracted magnets with hydrogen were monitored by gravimetric and thermal analyses. The thermodynamics and kinetics of the hydrogenation reaction appear to differ significantly based on their chemical composition, chemical homogeneity, coating state, and surface condition of the magnets. Overall, the HPMS process was demonstrated to successfully produce demagnetised hydrogen decrepitated powder at room temperature under 2 bar of hydrogen, in a commercially viable timeframe (approx. 4 h). Zinc was found to be the dominant coating material which peeled away during the HPMS process. The zinc content of the NdFeB alloy powder could be reduced after the hydrogen decrepitation by sieving. The remaining level of zinc had no noticeable impact on the magnetic properties of the recycled magnets. The particle size of the recycled alloy powder could be reduced to below 7 mu m by ball milling and knife milling but with an increase in the oxygen level, limiting its sintering ability. Sintered magnet from the recycled alloy powder demonstrated similar magnetic properties (Br: 1.06 T, HcJ: 1240 kA/m, and (BH)max: 220 kJ/m3) after blending with 5 wt% of NdH3, making vehicles and flat-screen TV speakers ideal sources for a recycled magnet.
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