Science and New Technology for Separation and Recovery of Rare and Precious Metals
A special issue of Separations (ISSN 2297-8739). This special issue belongs to the section "Purification Technology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (20 October 2022) | Viewed by 259
Special Issue Editor
2. Beijing Key Laboratory of Green Recovery and Extraction of Rare and Precious Metals, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing 100083, China
Interests: rare metals, rare-earths and precious metals metallurgical processes; solvent extraction and interfacial process intensification for multi-metal separation from complex leach solutions in hydrometallurgical processes; solution chemistry, nano-microscopic structural chemistry and interface chemistry in separation processes; control of separation selectivity based on interfacial non-equilibrium and non-linear chemical processes; design, process simulation and scale-up of novel separation equipment to achieve interfacial mass transferring intensification
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Rare and precious metals are key strategic metals applied extensively in modern high-tech fields. Due to the scarcity of resources, more and more attention has been paid to recovering and recycling rare and precious metals from various secondary resources and wastes. In principle, those metals are infinitely recyclable, but in practice, recycling is often difficult or inefficient due to their extremely low concentrations in the waste, complex impurity components, serious environmental pollution and high processing cost. The most beneficial actions that could improve recycling rates are increased collection rates of discarded products, improved design for recycling, and the enhanced development of modern recycling methodology. As a global society, we are currently far away from a closed-loop material system. Much improvement is possible, but limitations of many kinds—not all of them technological—will preclude the complete closure of the materials cycle.
This Special Issue aims to collect contributions on the most recent advances in the field of science and new technology for the separation and recovery of rare and precious metals from various secondary resources and wastes. Topics of interest include separation and recovery of rare and precious metals, rare earth, other strategic metals via hydro- and pyro-metallurgical methods; physical and chemical characterization; surface and interface physiochemistry; thermodynamics and kinetics; process intensification; mass transfer and fluid flow phenomena during metallurgical separation; as well as applications of various new technology for enhanced recycling. In addition to experimental results, theoretical contributions and simulation studies that answer fundamental questions regarding reaction physiochemistry, surface and interface phenomena, flow chemistry during separation processes—from the nanoscale to the macroscale—are also welcome.
I hope this Special Issue will provide readers with a selection of papers that represent the current state of knowledge on modern science and new technology for green and sustainable separation, recovery and resource recycling of various strategic rare and precious metals.
Prof. Dr. Kun Huang
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- separation
- extraction
- recovery
- rare metals
- precious metals
- rare earths
- strategic metals
- resource recycling
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