Purification of Highly Contaminated Magnesium Melt

Moon, Byoung-Gi; You, Bong Sun; Koh, Ki-Ho

doi:10.1002/9781118663004.ch10

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“…However, this will result in an increase of production cost [6]. In a previous work [7], the possibility of purifying a highly contaminated melt containing polyurethane by a combination of several melt treatments such as filtering, fluxing, and gas bubbling was confirmed. In this article, the optimization of the sequence and processing conditions of the above-mentioned refining processes for controlling the melt cleanliness of low-graded scrap containing polyurethane foam or phosphate-reflective coating using a multi-pot refining system was investigated in order to reduce the adverse effects of incomplete pretreatment.…”

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Melt Refining Technology of Highly-Contaminated Magnesium Alloy Scraps via a Sequential Refining Process

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Moon

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Steering wheel and headlamp housing scrap are chosen as targets for the development of a refining technology for highly contaminated magnesium melt, because they contain abundant foreign materials, which have high potential to form non-metallic inclusions and to deteriorate the corrosion resistance of recycled alloys. A sequential melt treatment technology has been investigated for refining old scrap. The headlamp housing scrap composed of AZ91D magnesium alloy covered with phosphating and Al-Si deposition layers was successfully refined by repeating gas bubbling without flux addition, whereas prefiltering and fluxing were necessary to refine the steering wheel scrap composed of AM50A magnesium alloy containing 1% polyurethane. However, the corrosion rates of the recovered ingots from the headlamp housing were relatively higher than those from the steering wheel, likely due to the greater concentration of iron with the increased amount of flux.

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confidence: 95%