Research Institute for Efficient Development

and High-Value Utilization of Rare Metal Resources

1. Introduction

Established in March 2019, the institute is the first batch of pilot project innovation platforms at Jiangxi University of Science and Technology.

Relying on a number of national scientific research platforms, such as the National Engineering Technology Research Center for the efficient development and utilization of ionic rare earth resources, the Ministry of education laboratory jointly built by the Ministry of education for the development and application of ionic rare earth resources, the engineering research center of the Ministry of education for the efficient development and application of tungsten resources, the national product quality supervision and inspection center, and the academician workstation, the Institute focuses on the development of rare metals, especially rare earth and tungsten The research and development of high-efficiency metallurgical technology and process, clean metallurgical technology, metallurgical process optimization and energy saving, efficient separation and purification of impurities in metallurgical process, metallurgy of special performance compound powder materials and secondary resource waste recovery and other advanced technologies.

The institute has formed a more complete technology research system with present scientific research laboratory about 2000 square meters, with equipment totally valuing 10 million yuan; with devices such as microwave sintering furnaces, high-temperature melt furnaces, Factsage software and so on. The institute had cooperated with Universities as University of Queensland, Central South University; Kunming University of Technology and with enterprises as well as research institutions like Jiangxi Copper Group Corporation, Zhangyuan Tungsten Limited Publicity, Zhangzhou Haisheng Tungsten Tantalum Group Co., Ltd., Changchun Institute, Zhangzhou Nonferrous Metals Research Institute.

At present, the Institute has 16 full-time and part-time researchers, including 15 doctoral degrees, 2 professors, 7 associate professors, 6 lecturers and 1 experimenter; 1 National million talents, 1 national excellent scientific and technological worker, 1 special allowance from the State Council, 1 national excellent teacher, 1 leading talent of Jiangxi Province's "Ganpo talent 555 project", 1 Jiangxi New Century million talents, and 1 Jiangxi Province's "jiangpo talent 555 project" There is one young and middle-aged discipline leader in Jiangxi Province and one high-level discipline leader in Jiangxi Province. Won one provincial teaching achievement award.

The institute has undertaken 20 national scientific research projects such as the Joint Fund of the National Natural Science Foundation, the National 863 Key Plan, the National Science and Technology Support and the National Natural Science Foundation of China whose various research funds amounted to more than 40 million yuan.

The institute published more than 120 academic papers in the core journals at home and abroad, among which SCI / EI had adopted more than 50 articles and declared more than 50 national patents, among which 33 were approved, and 1 software copyright was obtained.

In recent years, the institute has developed a new metallurgical process for white tungsten with low energy consumption and closed circuit circulation, and prepared single crystal ultra-fine APT powder products for the high-value utilization of tungsten with special properties and so on. All mentioned above have been widely used in Zhangyuan tungsten industry, Chenzhou mining, Haitron tungsten industry and other large enterprises.

and won the second prize of national scientific and technological progress in 2018 and won the same award for 2 items in 2016. Related achievements about Copper anode mud ladder recovery of rare precious metals obtained the first prize of scientific and technological progress respectively in 2011, 2019 Jiangxi Province, and first prize in Technology progress of Nonferrous Metals Industry Association in 2018.

2.Members Profile

3.Academic Papers

[1] Liao Chunfa, Li Zhenyuan, Zeng Yanliang, Chen Jingyuan, Zhong Liqin, Wang Li. Selective extraction and recovery of rare earth metals from waste fluorescent powder using alkaline roasting-leaching process[J]. Journal of Rare Earths,2017,35(10):1008-1013.

[2] Liao Chunfa, Jia Weifen, Liang Yong, Jiang Pingguo, Yu Huaping. Adsorption-extraction mechanism of heavy rare earth by Cyanex272-P507 impregnated resin[J]. Transactions of Nonferrous Metals Society of China,2010,20(08):1511-1516.

[3] Liao Chunfa, Yu Huaping, Jia Yunfen, Liang Yong, Yang Shaohua. Study on the diffusion kinetics of adsorption of heavy rare earth with Cyanex272-P507 impregnated resin[J]. Journal of Rare Earths,2010,28(S1):120-124.

[4] Xu Wang, Yuchun Zhai. An electrochemical method for the preparationof CaB6 crystal powder Journal of Applied Electrochemistry[J]. Journal of Applied Electrochemistry,39(2009)1797

[5] Wang Xu, Yuchun, Xie Hongwei. Melting Salt Electrolytic Legal System CaB6 and Its Symptoms , Journal of Metals, 44 (2008) 1243

[6]WANG X, LIAO Chunfa. Preparation and characterization of tungsten powder through molten salt electrolysis in a CaWO4-CaCl2-NaCl system[J]. International Journal of Refractory Metals and Hard Materials,31(2012),205

[7] Wang Xu, Liao Chunfa, Xie Quanwen. The characteristics and electrochemical analysis of tungsten powder in the molten salt electrolytic preparation of the CaWO4-NaCl-CaCl2 system

[8] Xu Wang, Chunfa Liao, Yunfen Jiao, Hao Tang.Cathodic reduction process of Al-Cu-Y alloy in fluoride-oxide eutecticsystem via molten salt electrolysis[J]. Journal of Rare Earths, 36 (2018) 324

[9] He Shanming, Wang Jikun, Yan Jiangfeng. Pressure leaching of high silica lead-zinc oxide ores in sulfuric acid medium，Hydrometallurgy，2010，104（2）：235-240.

[10] He Shanming, Wang Jikun, Yan Jiangfeng. Pressure leaching of synthetic zinc silicate in sulfuric acid medium，Hydrometallurgy，2011，108（3）：171-176.

[11] Youming Yang, Xiaolin Zhang, Liu Li, Tingmin Wei, Kaizhong Li.Metastable Dissolution Regularity of Nd3+ in Na2CO3 Solution and Mechanism[J]. ACS Omega, 2019, 4, 9160−9168.

[12] Li Wang, Chao Wang, Liu Li, You-Ming Yang. Readsorption of rare earth elements during leaching process of ion-adsorption-type rare earth ore[J]. Rare Metals, 2018, 1-8.

[13] YongLiang，Yanxin Liu.Leaching of rare earth elements from waste lamp phosphor mixtures by reduced alkali fusion followed by acid leaching，Hydrometallurgy，2016，163:99-103(SCI, Q2)

[14] Yong Liang，Yongkang Li.Extraction of rare earth elements from fluoride molten salt electrolyticslag by mineral phase reconstruction，Journal of cleaner production，2018，177:567-572(SCI，Q1)

[15] Liang Yong. Study on the process of decomposition of white tungsten ore by sodium silicate low temperature roasting. Rare Metals, 2018, 6:668-672 (EI)

[16] Solubility of ammonium paratungstate in aqueous diammonium phosphate and ammonia solution and its implications for a scheelite leaching process[J]. Canadian Metallurgical Quarterly, 2018.

[17] Synthesis of Cr-doped APT in the evaporation and crystallization process and its effect on properties of WC-Co cemented carbide alloy [J]. International Journal of Refractory Metals and Hard Materials, 2017, 64:248-254.

[18] Synthesis of scheelite with wolframite and calcium carbonate by a direct solid-state synthesis route[J]. International Journal of Refractory Metals and Hard Materials, 2015, 48:301-304.

[19] The thermodynamic analysis of arsenic removal by the precipitation method of magnesium salt in the solution of ammonium niobate. Journal of Central South University, 2012, 43 (5): 1610-1615.

[20] Study on the removal of arsenic from ammonium vanadium solution. Journal of Central South University, 2011, 42 (8): 2193-2197.

[21] Infrared radiation performance and calculation of B-site doped lanthanum aluminate from first principles，Ceramics International， 2018/3/27，SCI Q2)

[22] Infrared properties of Mg-doped LaFeO3 prepared by sol-gel，Journal of Sol-Gel Science andTechnology，2016/7/23，SCI (Q3)

[23] Caifang Cao, Zhongwei Zhao, Xingyu Chen. Selective precipitation of tungstate from molybdate-containing solution using divalent ions[J]. Hydrometallurgy, 2011, 110(1–4): 115–119.