Decrepitation Thermometry and Compositions of Fluid Inclusions of the Damoqujia Gold Deposit,Jiaodong Gold Province,China:Implications for Metallogeny and Exploration

The recently discovered Damoqujia （大磨曲家） gold deposit is a large shear zone-hosted gold deposit of disseminated sulphides located in the north of the Zhaoping （招平） fault zone, Jiaodong （胶东） gold province, China. In order to distinguish the temperature range of cluster inclusions from different mineralization stages and measure their compositions, 16 fluid inclusions and 5 isotopic geochemistry samples were collected for this study. Corresponding to different mineralization stages, the multirange peaks of quartz decrepitation temperature （250-270, 310-360 and 380-430℃） indicate that the activity of ore-forming fluids is characterized by multistage. The ore-forming fluids were predominantly of high-temperature fluid system （HTFS） by CO2-rich, and SO4^2--K^＋ type magmatic fluid during the early stage of mineralization and were subsequently affected by low-temperature fluid system （LTFS） of CH4-rich, and Cl^--Na^＋/Ca^2＋ type meteoric fluid during the late stage of mineralization. Gold is transferred by Au-HS^- complex in the HTFS, and Au-Cl^- complex can be more important in the LTFS. The transition of fluids from deeper to shallow environments results in mixing between the HTFS and LTFS, which might be one of the most key reasons for gold precipitation and large-scale mineralization. The ore-forming fluids are characterized by high-temperature, strong-activity, and superimposed mineralization, so that there is a great probability of forming large and rich ore deposit in the Damoqujia gold deposit. The main bodies are preserved and extend toward deeper parts, thereby suggesting a great potential in future.

Hydrogen Absorption and Release Behavior in Hydrogen Decrepitation Process of Nd-Fe-B Alloys

The behavior of hydrogen absorption and release in hydrogen decrepitation (HD) process of Nd Fe B alloys were investigated. The results reveal that the reactivity and the amount of hydrogen absorption in HD process are related to the surface activity of the alloy so that the fresh and active surface has a higher efficiency. The presence of Nd rich phase at the grain boundary is an essential factor of the HD activity of the alloy at room temperature. On degassing, hydrogen is released from the HD powder continuously with increasing temperature. And the residual hydrogen is as low as 0 0015% at 1073 K, which shows that the hydrogen is almost exhaused. It is feasible to remove the hydrogen from the HD powder by heating treatment at the temperature of 523～723 K for 1 h prior to the magnetic field forming in order to decrease the harmful effect of hydrogen on the easy axis alignment of HD magnet.

MSSBAUER STUDIES ON THE HYDROGEN DECREPITATION AND DESORPTION OF Nd_(16)Fe_(76)B_8 MAGNET

Hydrogen decrepitation and desorption of the Nd16Fe76B8 magnet are studied by X-ray diffraction analysis and Fe Mossbauer spectroscopy. The results of the as-cast alloy samples treated under various hydrogen gas pressures at various temperatures are reported. A special hydrogenation- dehydrogenation treatment of the Nd- Fe- B cast alloy can produce excellent isotropic magnet powders and the treated sample has passed a hydrogenation- disproportion- recombination process. The effect of the presence of α- Fe in magnet powders is discussed.

Hydrogen Decrepitation of a Sm_2Fe_(17)Alloy

1.IntroductionThe rhombohedral compoundSmFeN(x=1～3)is currently attractinginterest due to its promise as a new perma-nent magnet material.Its magnetic proper-ties have been investigated in details.TheSm-Fe-N materials with quite good mag-

A novel approach to enhance decrepitation temperature and reducibility of ultrafine iron ore concentrate pellets

Utilizing ultrafine iron ore concentrate for pellet production can expand domestic iron ore resources in China and promote the utilization of low-grade ores.However,a challenge arises with the low decrepitation temperature and reducibility in the preparation process of ultrafine iron ore concentrate pellets.To address the challenge,a novel approach was proposed,which incorporated straw powder as an additive to enhance pellet porosity,thereby improving the decrepitation temper-ature and reducibility of ultrafine iron ore concentrate pellets.The effect of varying proportions of straw powder(0.0-2.0%)on the characteristics of ultrafine iron ore concentrate pellets was examined.Results indicate that at a 2.0%straw powder ratio,pellet decrepitation temperature notably rises from 380 to 540℃,while the reducibility index escalates from 25.7%to 48.1%.Nevertheless,the addition of straw powder results in diminished drop strength,compressive strength of green pellets,and cold crushing strength of fired pellets.In addition,enhanced pellet reducibility leads to exacerbated reduction swelling index and reduction degradation index.Despite these effects,all parameters remain within an acceptable range.

High-efficiency trace Na extraction from crystal quartz ore used for fused silica-——A pretreatment technology

Trace Na sources, extraction dynamics of trace Na, and influences of calcination temperature on quartz lattice, fluid inclusions, and muscovite were studied in detail herein for trace Na extraction from the quartz ore with water leaching at 90℃. Experimental results suggested that the trace Na sources included quartz lattice, fluid inclusions, and muscovite. The extraction rate of the trace Na in quartz ores can reach 31.0wt% after calcination at 900℃ for 5 h and water leaching at 90℃ for 24 h. The extraction process consisting of the dissolution of unfree Na and diffusion of free Na was dominated by calcination temperature. Calcination at 900℃ for 5 h was effective for extraction of the trace Na in fluid inclusions and muscovite. The extraction of the trace Na was mainly affected by the decrepitation of fluid inclusions when the calcination temperature ranged from 400 to 600℃ and by the damage of muscovite when the calcination temperature ranged from 600 to 900℃. Based on the extraction rates at different calcination temperatures, approximately 20.1wt% of the trace Na occurred in fluid inclusions, approximately 10.9wt% existed in muscovite, and 69.0wt% mainly occurred in quartz lattice.

Hydrogen Absorption of Nd-Fe-B Alloys

The technical parameters of HD process were studied, including the effects of temperature and neodymium contents on the incubation period of hydrogen absorption, hydrogen concentration and the rate of hydrogen absorbed. The results show that the incubation period is shortened and the rate of hydrogen absorbed is accelerated with rising temperature and surface area. These are attributed to the rising rate of hydrogen diffusion at higher temperature. The change of the incubation period and the rate of hydrogen absorbed have the similar trend resulted from the increasing content of the Nd-rich phase owing to the rising temperature. Moreover, the percent of the Nd-rich phase in the ingot can be calculated according to the total hydrogen weight gain.

Effect of HD Process on Microstructure and Hard Magnetic Properties of NdFeAlB Magnet

The effect of Hydrogen Decrepitation (HD) process on the magnetic properties and microstructure of sintered NdFeAlB magnet (HD magnet) was investigated. The results show that the coercivity of HD magnet is higher than that of traditional ball milling (BM) magnet, while the remanence and the maximum energy product of HD magnet are lower. Microstructure analysis shows that some fine un sintered powders are distributed at the grain boundaries of HD magnet. X ray diffraction (XRD) analysis reveals that the degree of easy axis alignment of HD magnet is lower. Some ideas to improve the current HD process were proposed.

HD Processes in the Production of SmCo_5 Permanent Magnets

The application of ‘extreme’ hydrogen-decrepitation (HD) process using high-pressure disproportionation was extended to Sm-Co5-type-alloy. The alloy with nominal composition of Sm36Co64 was treated under 1.0～2.0 MPa H2 pressure for several hours at room temperature for decrepitation. After disproportionation were high hydrogen pressures, the bulk alloys were disproportionated into particles with a size of 200. Investigations by powder X-ray diffractometer (XRD) showed, the after HD sample crystallized in the hexagonal CaCu5-type structure. The temperature dependence of pressure analysis (TPA) curve of the SmCo5 alloy showed that the hydrogen absorption temperature was about 150 ℃. Cylindrical sintered magnets of composition Sm36Co64 were prepared using HD ball milled, isostatic pressing, vacuum sintering and subsequent heat treatment. The demagnetization curves showed that the HD processes could improve the magnetic properties and squareness factor of the SmCo5 sintered magnet.

A Systematic Classification and Labelling Approach to Support a Circular Economy Ecosystem for NdFeB-Type Magnet

Availability of magnetic materials is most crucial for modern Europe,as they are integral to energy conversion across the renewable energy and electric mobility sectors.Unfortunately,there is still no circular economy to reuse and capture value for these types of materials.With the prediction that the need for NdFeB Rare Earth(RE)magnets will double in the next 10 years,this problem becomes even more urgent.As the quality of the recollected materials varies significantly,the development of a classification system for recyclate grades of EOL NdFeB magnets in combination with an eco-labelling system for newly produced RE permanent magnets is proposed to clearly identify different magnet types and qualities.It categorises the NdFeB magnets by technical pre-processing requirements,facilitating use of the highly effective HPMS process(Hydrogen Processing of Magnetic Scrap)for re-processing extracted materials directly from NdFeB alloy.The proposed measures will have a great impact to overcome existing low recycling rates due to poor collection,high leakages of collected materials into non-suitable channels,and inappropriate interface management between logistics,mechanical pre-processing and metallurgical metals recovery.

Regeneration of waste sintered Nd-Fe-B magnets to fabricate anisotropic bonded magnets

The waste sintered Nd-Fe-B magnets were regenerated as magnetic powders via manually crushing （MC） or hydrogen decrepitation （HD） to fabricate anisotropic bonded magnets. Effect of size distribution on the magnetic properties of the regenerated magnetic MC and HD powders was investigated. For the MC powders, as the particle size decreased, the remanence （Br） increased first, and then decreased again, while the coercivity （Hci） dropped monotonically. The powders with particle size in the range of 200-450μm possessed the best magnetic properties ofBr of 1.22 T and Hci of 875.6 kAJm. The corresponding bonded magnet exhibited magnetic properties ofBr of 0.838 T, Hci of 940.9 kA/m, and （BH）max of 91.4 kJ/m^3, respectively. On the other hand, the liD powders with particle size range of 200-450 μm bore the best magnetic properties Of Br of 1.24 T and Hci of 860.4 kA/m. Compared with magnetic properties of the waste magnet, the powders retained 93.9% of Br and 70.0% of Hci, respectively. The bonded magnet produced from HD powders possessed Br of 0.9 T, Hci of 841.4 kA/m, and （BH）max of 111.6 kJ/m^3, indicating its good potential in practical applications.