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Advanced Materials and Technologies

Metal Extraction, Production, and Purification

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Overview

Our main area of expertise lies in the development, optimization, and evaluation of hydrometallurgical and pyrometallurgical processes. We particularly focus on methods suitable for processing and neutralizing metal-containing solid and liquid waste materials. Additionally, we offer techniques based on electrolysis and other reduction/oxidation processes for metal extraction and purification. 

Competencies

  • Handling and utilization of industrial and other metal-containing waste materials 
  • Investigation and development of hydrometallurgical and pyrometallurgical methods for extracting valuable metal content from the above materials 
  • Treatment, purification, and enrichment of metal solutions, as well as collective or selective extraction/removal of metal content 
  • Production of high-purity metals 
  • Melting of metals and metal-containing materials, metal extraction in molten state 
  • Purification of metal melts 

Services

  • Analysis of the composition of materials mentioned above 
  • Investigation and development of methods for metal extraction from the mentioned raw materials 
  • Development of chemical metallurgical methods/procedures necessary for the comprehensive utilization or neutralization of metal-containing waste materials 
  • Examination and development of metal purification procedures 
  • Thermodynamic and kinetic analysis and characterization of metallurgical processes 

Tools

Hydro-electrometallurgical research equipment
  • Laboratory glassware, bi-distillation and ion-exchange water purification equipment, acids, alkalis, salts, and other reagents, fume hoods, cleaning, and drying equipment 
  • Rotary vacuum distillation apparatus, heated magnetic stirrers, shakers, vacuum filters, chromatographic ion exchange equipment 
  • Electrolytic tanks, membrane separation and solution circulation electrolysis cells, laboratory power supplies, analog/digital signal converters, virtual systems, memory oscilloscopes, multimeters, potentiodynamic measuring systems 
  • Atomic absorption (AAS) spectrometer, UV-Vis spectrophotometer, classical analytical equipment, micro-pipettes, and automatic burettes, electronic pH meters, ion-selective electrodes, conductivity meters, dissolved oxygen concentration meters, indicators 
Pyrometallurgical research equipment
  • Vacuum induction, induction, resistance-heated high-temperature laboratory furnaces, crucible and tube furnaces, digital thermometers 
  • Gas-fired rotary drum furnace 
  • Rotor molten metal treatment gas flushing equipment 
  • Semi-continuous laboratory casting equipment 
  • Laboratory jaw crusher, ball mills, and attrition mills, granulometric classification sieves and shakers 
  • GD-OES plasma optical emission spectrometer 

References

  • Arconic Mill Products Hungary Ltd.
    (formerly Arconic-Köfém Ltd. and Alcoa-Köfém Ltd.)
     
  • INOTAL Aluminium and Slag Processing Plc. 
  • Prometec Non-Ferrous Metalurgy Ltd. 
  • VISHAY Hungary Ltd. 
  • MAL Plc. 
  • ISD Dunaferr Plc. 
  • Ózdi Steelworks Ltd. 
  • Jabil Circuit Hungary Ltd. 
  • Bosch Group 
  • Kienle – Spiess Hungary Ltd. 
  • Nemak Győr Aluminum Foundry Ltd. 
  • NAGÉV Ltd. 

Corporate contact

Zsolt István
Head of Department
C/2
bldg., Entrance 2.
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Webpage of FIEK Research Institute

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