The 9th Workshop on Reactive Metal Processing
February 21 (Fri.) - February 22 (Sat.), 2014, Caltech, Pasadena, CA
Organizer:
Prof. Donald R. Sadoway, Massachusetts Institute of Technology,
Prof. Toru H. Okabe, Institute of Industrial Science, the University of Tokyo
Prof. Sossina M. Haile, California Institute of Technology
Prof. Tetsuya Uda, Kyoto University
Program coodinator:
Dr. Yu-ki Taninouchi, Institute of Industrial Science, the University of
Tokyo
Mr. Takayuki Onishi and Ms. Sakae Shirayama, Kyoto University
Sponsor:
The workshop is financially supported by the Kyoto University Foundation
(http://www.kyodai-zaidan.or.jp/foundation/outline.html), the Strategic
Young Researcher Overseas Visits Program for Accelerating Brain Circulation
by JSPS, the Rare Metal Research Workshop (RC-40: directed by Prof. T.
H. Okabe), one of the Special Research Group organized by the Foundation
for the Promotion of Industrial Science (FPIS), the funding program for
Next Generation World-Leading Researchers (NEXT program by JSPS).
Program (Ver. 2014/2/6)
Day 1: Morning Session 1, February 21 (Fri.), 2014 @ Beckman Institute Auditorium
9:00 Opening Remarks
Prof. Toru H. Okabe, Institute of Industrial Science (IIS), the University of Tokyo
Session Chair: Prof. Sossina M. Haile
9:10 - 9:40 “Bulk Metallic Glasses; Science and Technology”
William L. Johnson
California Institute of Technology
9:40 - 10:10 “A Unique Reactive Metal: Beryllium Extraction and Its Usage”
James A. Yukiko
Materion Brush Beryllium & Composites
10:10 - 10:40 “Direct Observation of Marangoni Convection on Molten Salts”
Takashi Nakamura
Inatitute of Multidisciplinary Research for Advanced Materials
(IRCSM), Tohoku University
10:40 - 11:00 Break
Day 1: Morning Session 2, February 21 (Fri.), 2014
@ Beckman Institute Auditorium
Session Chair: Prof. Geir M. Haarberg
11:00 - 11:30 “Molten Compounds: from Sustainable Metal Extraction to
Thermoelecticity”
Antonie Allanore
Depaturment of Materials Science & Engineering, Massachusetts
Institute of Technology
11:30 - 12:00 “Fundamental Study on Anodic
Dissolution Process of Platinum Group Metals in Molten Salt (Tentative)”
Katsuhiro Nose, Toru H. Okabe
Institute of Industrial Science (IIS), the University of Tokyo
12:00 - 13:00 Lunch Break
Day 1: Afternoon Session 1, February 21 (Fri.), 2014
@ Beckman Institute Auditorium
Session Chair: Prof. Tetsuya Uda
13:00 - 13:30 “Ceria and its Derivatives as
Substrates for Solar-driven Thermochemical Fuel Production”
Sossina M. Haile
California Institute of Technology
13:30 - 14:00 “Development of Calcium-based Liquid Metal Batteries”
Takanari Ouchi, Hojong Kim, Donald R. Sadoway,
Materials Science and Engineering, Massachusetts Institute
of Technology
14:00 - 14:30 “New Approaches for Membrane Based Liquid Metal Batteries”
Ole S. Kjos,
SINTEF Materials and Chemistry
14:30 - 14:50 Break
Day 1: Afternoon Session 2, February 21 (Fri.), 2014 @ Beckman Institute Auditorium
Session Chair: Dr. Yu-ki Taninouchi
14:50 - 16:20 3-min short
presentation by poster presenters
16:20 - 18:20 Poster session @ the foutain square "gene pool"
18:30 - Banquet @ the Athenaeum
Day 2: Morning Session 1, February 22 (Sat.), 2014
@ Beckman Institute Auditorium
9:00 Opening Remarks
Prof. Tetsuya Uda, Kyoto University
Session Chair: Prof. Georges J. Kipouros
9:05 - 9:25 “Possibility of Nickel/Cobalt Separation by Aqueous-Aqueous Solvent
Extraction”
Sakae Shirayama, Tetsuya Uda,
Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Graduate
School of Engineering, Kyoto University
9:25 - 9:55 “Phase Diagrams and Intrinsic Defects in Thermoelectric Alloys”
Jeffery G. Snyder,
California
Institute of Technology
9:55 - 10:25 “Recycling of Rare Earth Magnet Alloy Using Molten Fluoride”
Osamu Takeda, Kiyotaka Nakano, Yuzuru Sato, Hongmin Zhu,
Department
Metallurgy, Graduate School of Engineering, Tohoku University
10:25 - 10:40 Break
Day 2: Morning Session 2, February 22 (Sat.), 2014 @ Beckman Institute Auditorium
Session Chair: Dr. Adam C. Powell IV
10:40 - 11:00 “Evaluation of Cathode Overpotential of
Fuel Cell with Y-doped BaZrO3 Electrolyte”
Takayuki Onishi1, Yohei Noda1,2,
Donglin Han1, Naoyuki Hatada1, Masatoshi Majima2,
Tetsuya Uda1,
1: Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Kyoto
University
2: Sumitomo
Electric Industries, Ltd.
11:00 - 11:30 “Liquid Metal Batteries: Past, Present, and Future”
Hojong Kim1, Donald R.
Sadoway2,
1: Materials
Science and Engineering, Penn State University
2: Materials
Science and Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
11:30 - 12:00 “A New Electroplating Method Using Water-soluble Molten KF-KCl Systems”
Kouji Yasuda1, Kazuma
Maeda1, Toshiyuki Nohira1, Rika Hagiwara1, and
Takayuki Homma2,
1: Graduate School of Energy Science, Kyoto University
2: Faculty of Science and Engineering, Waseda University
12:00 - 12:20 Photo session @ Beckman Auditorium (Tentative)
12:20 - 13:20 Lunch Break
Day 2: Afternoon Session 1, February 22 (Sat.), 2014
@ Beckman Institute Auditorium
Session Chair: Prof. Antoine Allanore
13:20 - 13:50 “Mechanisms for Current Efficiency for Aluminium Deposition from Cryolite-alumina
Melts”
Geir M. Haarberg,
Norwegian University of Science and Technology
13:50 - 14:20 “A Breakthrough in the Boron Removal from Silicon by Combining Slag
Treatment and Solvent Refining”
Kazuki Morita1, Xiadong Ma1,
and Takeshi Yoshikawa2,
1: Department of Materials Engineering, The University of Tokyo
2: Institute
of Industrial Science, The University of Tokyo
14:20 - 14:50 “Electrodeposition of nickel-phosphorus for wire bonding applications
from a highly conductive citrate bath”
Nazila Dadvand1, George
Jarjoura2, Georges J. Kipouros3,
1: TE
Conectivity (TYCO Electronics)
2: Dalhousie
University
3: College of
Engineering, University of Suskatchewan
14:50 - 15:00 Information for the Next RMW
Closing Remarks
Prof. Sossina M. Haile, Calfonia Institute of Technology
15:00 - Laboratory Tour (for applicants)
Dr. Yoshihiro Yamazaki, California
Institute of Technology
List of Poster Presentations
1. “Phase Formation of the Clathrate BaGe5”
Umut Aydemir1, Michael Baitinger2, Yuri Grin2,
1: Koc University
2: Max Planck Institute for Chemical Physics of Solids
2. “Recovery of Magnesium from Scrap”
Subodh K. Das,
Phinix, LLC.
3. “A Study on the
Solubility Limit of Iron in Ceria and Ceria-Zirconia Solid-Solutions”
Hari P. Dasari, Ian Koss, Sossina M. Haile,
California Institute of Technology
4. “Thermodynamics of Ce0.9Pr0.1O2-d for Thermochemical Water Splitting”
Timothy C. Davenport, Michael J. Ignatowich, Benjamin W. Slone, Stephen K. Wilke,
Yong Hao, Sossina M. Haile,
California Institute of Technology
5. “Characteristics of Particulate Emissions from Aluminium Electrolysis Cells”
Heiko Gaerther1, Arne Petter Ratvik2, Thor Anders Aarhaug2,
1: Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Norwegian University
of Science and Technology
2: Materials and Chemistry, SINTEF
6. “An Innovative
Electro-winning Process for Titanium Production”
Guiseppe Granata, Ryota Sumiuchi and Yoshinao Kobayashi, Akio Fuwa,
School of Creative Science and Engineering, Waseda University
7. “Recycling of Titanium Metal Scrap through Chlorination by Using Reaction
Mediator (Tentative)”
Yuki Hamanaka, Yu-ki Taninouchi, Toru H. Okabe,
Institute of Industrial Science, The University of Tokyo
8. “Investigation of
Samarium Doped Ceria as a Catalyst for Thermochemical Fuel Production”
Mike Ignatowich, Timothy C. Davenport, Sossina M. Haile,
California Institute of
Technology
9. “Nanostructured
Thermoelectric Materials via a High-energy Nonequilibrium State”
Teruyuki Ikeda,
Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Ibaraki University
10. “Phase Relations for the Ce2O3-Al2O3-CaO System at Steelmaking Temperatures”
Makoto Ishi, Ryo Kitano, Kazuki Morita,
Department of Materials Engineering, The University of Tokyo
11. “Production of High-grade TiO2 Feed from Ti Ore through Selective Chlorination Using TiCl4”
Jungshin Kang, Toru H. Okabe,
Institute of Industrial Science, The University of Tokyo
12. “Thermodynamic
Measurement by Double Knudsen Cell Mass Spectrometry for Metals”
Yoshifumi Kobashi, Hideaki Sasaki, Masafumi Maeda,
Institute of Industrial Science, The University of Tokyo
13. “A New Instrument to
Discover Catalysts for Fuel Cells”
Chris Kucharczyk, Rob Usiskin, Sossina M. Haile,
California Institute of
Technology
14. “Rare-earth Metals Extraction
from Molten Oxides”
Guillaume Lambotte, Rachel DeLucas, Tessa Green, Andrew Liotta, Antoine Allanore,
Department of Materials Sciense & Engineering, Massachusetts Institute
of Technology
15. “Effect of Current
Density and Impurities on Current Efficiency in Aluminum Electrolysis at High
Current Densities”
Rauan Meirbekova1,2, Geir Martin Haarberg2, Jomar Thonstad2, Gudrun Saevarsdottir1,
1: School of Science and Engineering, Reykjavik University
2: Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Norwegian University
of Science and Technology
16. “Recovery of Rare
Earth Metals from Wasted Magnet”
Takashi Nagai, Tatsuki Uzawa,
Chiba Institute of Technology
17. “Pure Oxygen Anodes
for Efficient Clean Production of Reactive Metals”
Adam C. Powell IV, Matthew Earlam, Salvador Barriga,
INFINIUM, Inc.
18. “Zinc Vapor
Pretreatment for Acid Leaching of Precious Metals from Automotive Catalyst
Converters”
Hideaki Sasaki, Masafumi Maeda,
Institute of Industrial Science, The University of Tokyo
19. “Behavior of Uranium and Other Actinide Elements in the UO2-ZrO2 System for Fuel Debris Treatment”
Nobuaki Sato1, Akira Kirishima1, Takayuki Sasaki2,
1: Institute of Multidisciplinary Research for Advanced Materials,
Tohoku University
2: Department of Nuclear Engineering, Kyoto University
20. “Separation of Iron and Titanium by Liquid Phase Oxidation”
Hidehiro Sekimoto1, Shuhei Yahaba2, Katsunori Yamaguchi1,
1: Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Iwate University
2: Frontier Materials and Function Engineering, Graduate school of
Engineering, Iwate University
21. “Understanding Anode Performance”
Camilla Sommerseth1, Rebecca Thorne1, Ann Mari Svensson1, Stein Rørvik2,
Arne Petter Ratvik2, Espen Sandnes3, Lorentz Petter Lossius3, Hogne Linga3,
1: Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Norwegian University
of Science and Technology
2: SINTEF Materials and Chemistry
3: Hydro Aluminium
22. “New Upgrade Process
for Autocatalyst Scraps to Recover the Platinum Group Metals (Tentative)”
Akinari Suzue, Yu-ki Taninouchi, Toru H. Okabe,
Institute of Industrial Science, The University of Tokyo
23. “Direct Precipitation of Sr-doped LaP3O9 Thin Film Electrolytes for Intermediate-Temperature Fuel Cells in Condensed
Phosphoric Acid Solutions”
Kota Takahashi, Yoshinobu Adachi, Naoyuki Hatada, Tetsuya Uda,
Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Kyoto University
24. “Improving Thermoelectric Performance of Single-doped Skutterudites (Ga,
In or Yb-CoSb3) by Phase Diagram Study”
Yinglu Tang1, Yuting Qiu2,3, Lili Xi2, Pengfei Qiu2, Xun Shi2, Wenqing Zhang2,
Lidong Chen2, Yuan-chun Chien4, Ssu-Ming Tseng4, Sinn-wen Chen4,
James R. Salvador5, Jung Y. Cho5, Jihui Yang5, G. Jeffrey Snyder1,
1: Department of Materials Science, California Institute of Technology
2: State Key Laboratory of High Performance Ceramics and Superfine
Microstructure,Shanghai
Institute of Ceramics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
3: Graduate University of Chinese Academy of Sciences
4: Department of Chemical Engineering, National Tsing Hua University
5: Materials Science & Engineering Department, University of Washington
25. “Proton Trapping in Yttrium-doped Barium Zirconate”
Yoshihiro Yamazaki1,2, Frédéric Blanc3, Yuji Okuyama2, Lucienne Buannic4,
Juan C. Lucio-Vega2, C.P. Grey3,4, Sossina M. Haile2,
1: Japan Science and Technology Agency
2: California Institute of Technology
3: University of Cambridge
4: Stony Brook University
26. “Reaction Behavior and Kinetics of Electrochemical Reduction of SiO2 Granules in Molten CaCl2”
Xiao Yang1, Kouji Yasuda1,2, Toshiyuki Nohira1, Rika Hagiwara1, Takayuki Homma3,
1: Graduate School of Energy Science, Kyoto University
2: Environment, Safety and Health Organization, Kyoto University
3: R&D Center, Taiheiyo Cement Corporation
4: Graduate School of Advanced Science and Engineering, Waseda University
27. “Complex Zintl Phases
as Thermoelectric Materials”
Saneyuki Ohno1, Alex Zevalkink2, Sabah Bux2, Eric Toberer1, Jeff Snyder1,
1: Department of Materials Science, California Institute of Technology
2: Jet Propulsion Laboratory
28. “Interaction of Sodium
and Graphite Materials Studied by Thermo-gravimetric Analysis - Assisted by FEM
Simulations and DEF Calculations”
Zhaohui Wang1, Sverre M. Selbach1, Arne P. Ratvik2, Egil Skybakmoen2,
Tor Grande1,
1: Norwegian University of Science and Technology
2: SINTEF Materials and Chemistry
29. “A Tilt-casting Arc-melter
with Ultra-high-purity Inert Atmosphere”
Erno Soinila, Petri Mikkonen, Hannu Hänninen, Sven Bossuyt, Department of Engineering Design and Production, Aalto University
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