Feasibility analysis → Electrometallurgical and pyrometallurgical reactors: Reduction of Rare Earth oxides to metals and Silicon.
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Project Development
Devices for standardized tests: Design of the Powder Atomizer.
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Powder Metallurgy and Metallic Alloys
New materials: Development, processing, and characterization of metallic, ceramic, and composite materials – Induction or Plasma Melting.
Technical testing: Performed according to the specifications of major Technical Standards (ABNT, ASTM, ISO).
SERVICES
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Thermophysical Analysis
Differential Thermal Analysis (DTA)
Specific Heat (CE)
Differential Scanning Calorimetry (DSC)
Thermal Conductivity
Thermal Diffusivity
Dilatometry/Sintering
Thermogravimetry (TG)
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Materials Characterization
Metallographic Analysis
Particle Size Analysis
Corrosion of Metallic Alloys
X-Ray Diffraction (XRD)
Vickers Hardness
X-Ray Fluorescence (XRF)
ICP-MS – Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry
Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM)
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Our Infrastructure and Analyses:
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Specialized electrolytic reactor
Today, the Thermophysical Laboratory holds the developed expertise and is capable of implementing electrometallurgical reactors for the production of individual or combined metallic rare earths, with potential extension to heavy rare earths.
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Diffusivimeter – Thermograms:
(a) fast material (high Kₜₑᵣₘ); (b) slow material (low Kₜₑᵣₘ).
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X-Ray Diffraction
Phase identification.
Scanning Electron Microscopy
Alloy 5.1 with identification.
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Vickers Hardness Analysis
Equipment and Image (Lower edge Hv = 1373)
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Horizontal (a) and vertical (b) furnaces
Sintering and carburizing of alloys and metallic powders.
Today, the Thermophysical Laboratory holds the developed knowledge and has the capability to implement electrometallurgical reactors for obtaining metallic rare earths, either individually or in combination, with possible extension to heavy rare earths.
Today, the Thermophysical Laboratory holds the developed knowledge and has the capability to implement electrometallurgical reactors for obtaining metallic rare earths, either individually or in combination, with possible extension to heavy rare earths.
