Technologies
Title: | Recovery of Neodymium as a Value Added product from Waste Hard Disk of Personal Computers |
Area: | Chemical Sciences, Material Sciences |
Focus Area: | Recovery of Neodymium |
Social Benefits: | The solid residue thus obtained are utilized as non-hazardous filling material, Effective amount of i.e. 1-5 L effluent generated is recycled after proper treatment. |
Developing Agency: | CSIR-National Metallurgical Laboratory (NML), Jharkhand |
Technology Readiness Index: | Lab Validation |
Email: | director@nmlindia.org |
| Website Link : | http://www.nmlindia.org |
| Source (more info) : | https://t.ly/l_sb |
Brief Description
Description : | In process under optimized condition, sulfuric acid leaches 98% Nd, 97% Fe, 60% Ni and 7.5% B from hard disk, after which selective precipitation of Nd and leaching of the precipitate with 5-20% HF solution was carried out. The Neodymium thus obtained is used in the scintillation detectors, magnets, laser materials, rare earth flouride crystal glass optical fibre,aviation magnesium alloy for metallurgic industry and also in electrolytic production of metal addictives. |