Tungsten carbide is widely used in carbide tools. However, its production process generates a significant number of end-of-life products and by-products. Therefore, it is necessary to develop efficient recycling methods and investigate the remanufacturing of tungsten carbide using recycled materials. Herein, we have recovered 99.9% of the tungsten in cemented carbide hard scrap as tungsten oxide via an alkali leaching process. Subsequently, using the recovered tungsten oxide as a starting material, tungsten carbide has been produced by employing a self-propagating high-temperature synthesis (SHS) method. SHS is advantageous as it reduces the reaction time and is energy-efficient. Tungsten carbide with a carbon content of 6.18 wt % and a particle size of 116 nm has been successfully synthesized by optimizing the SHS process parameters, pulverization, and mixing. In this study, a series of processes for the highefficiency recycling and quality improvement of tungsten-based materials have been developed.

This study focuses on the development of an alkaline leaching hydrometallurgy process for the recovery of tungsten from WC/Co hardmetal sludge, and an examination of the effect of the process parameters on tungsten recovery. The alkaline leaching hydrometallurgy process has four stages, i.e., oxidation of the sludge, leaching of tungsten by NaOH, refinement of the leaching solution, and precipitation of tungsten. The WC/Co hardmetal sludge oxide consists of WO3 and CoWO4. The leaching of tungsten is most affected by the leaching temperature, followed by the NaOH concentration and the leaching time. About 99% of tungsten in the WC/Co hardmetal sludge is leached at temperatures above 90oC and a NaOH concentration above 15%. For refinement of the leaching solution, pH control of the solution using HCl is more effective than the addition of Na2S·9H2O. The tungsten is precipitated as high-purity H2WO4·H2O by pH control using HCl. With decreasing pH of the solution, the tungsten recovery rate increases and then decrease. About 93% of tungsten in the WC/Co hardmetal sludge is recovered by the alkaline leaching hydrometallurgy process.

The present study, a modified electrochemical treatment was applied to concrete to mitigate the leaching of alkali ions from concrete. The current ranged 500 mA/m2 and duration was 2weeks. Electrochemical treatment applied in concrete quantity of alkali ions leaching and the limit depth of concrete were decreased, through electrochemical treatment is very high inhibitory effect of the alkali ion is determined leaching.

본 연구는 시멘트 경화체로부터의 알칼리 침출에 의한 pH 증가와 알칼리 침출속도에 관하여 수행되었다. 배합, 물-시멘트 비, 결합재에따른 영향을 평가하기 위해 각각을 변수로 하여 시험체를 제작하였다. 시험체는 정사각형 수조형태로 내부에 물을 저장하여 이온이 해리되어 침출될 수 있도록 하였다. 또한 시험체 내부 용액의 대기접촉으로 인한 예기치 못한 화학적 반응을 방지하기 위해 폴리에틸렌 수지로포장했다. 침투능과 침투속도를 결정하기 위해 용액의 pH는 더 이상 변화가 없을 때까지 시간 경과에 따라 측정하였다. 알칼리 침출에 의한 용액의 pH 변화에 있어서 물-시멘트 비의 영향은 거의 없는 것으로 나타났으며, 반면에 결합재에 따른 영향은 큰 것으로 나타났다. 결합재로 OPC 만을 사용한 경우에 알칼리 침출이 높았으며, 30% PFA와 60% GGBS의 경우에 알칼리 침출이 낮았다. pH 측정이 종료된후, 시험체 내부 표면으로부터 깊이 1.0 mm 간격으로 채취한 시료를 증류수로 현탁시켜 현탁액의 pH를 측정하였다. OPC의 경우에는 약7-8 mm 깊이까지 침출의 영향을 받고, 30% PFA와 60% GGBS의 경우에는 침출 영향을 받는 깊이가 더 깊어짐을 알 수 있었다.

In present study, leaching alkali ions in concrete are measured to inhibition of effect to binder(OPC, GGBS, Loess) at 100 days. As a result, OPC concrete was measured the value of pH 9.15 and GGBS concrete was showed the value of pH 8.61.