Abstract:
The present invention relates to a method for producing tantalum (Ta) powder from a waste tantalum (Ta) target using eutectic alloys. The method comprises the following steps: removing contaminants from the surface of a waste tantalum (Ta) target by means of a chemical or physical method; weighing the waste tantalum (Ta) target from which contaminants are removed and a eutectic reaction element, and feeding the waste tantalum target and the eutectic reaction element at a desirable ratio into the interior of plasma equipment; reducing the pressure inside the plasma equipment, and injecting reaction gas and applying electric power to the interior of the plasma equipment so as to form a low-power plasma and produce tantalum (Ta) eutectic alloys; applying a high-power plasma to the tantalum (Ta) eutectic alloys to produce an ultra-fine tantalum (Ta) eutectic alloy powder; heat-treating the thus-produced tantalum (Ta) eutectic alloy powder; and removing the eutectic reaction element from the heat-treated tantalum (Ta) eutectic alloy powder using a chemical method to produce high-purity ultra-fine tantalum (Ta) powder.
Abstract:
The present invention is related to a cold plasma reactor for low pressure drop and low energy density using a dielectric barrier discharge and a method for fabricating the same, the reactor being used for (1) treating various noxious gases such as a nitrogen oxide(NOx), a volatile organic compounds(VOCs) , and a stinking material, (2) generating ozone and ozone water, and (3) generating a chemically reactive species having high chemical reactivity in order to treate a surface of a metal, a ceramic and a polymer material. The cold plasma reactor comprises a cylindrical electrode rod, the cylindricalelectrode rod comprising a dielectric cylinder with a hole formed in the center thereof and a metal rod inserted into the hole, or a metal paste applied on the inner surface of the hole, and a both side structure formed by installing numbers of the cylindrical electrode rods spaced apart with a regular distance in parallel. In the both side structure, metal leads of neighboring electrode rods are positioned opposite to each other to prevent arc discharge from being generated and to generate stable plasma. The cold plasma reactor for low pressure drop and low energy density according to the present invention is applied to a system which (1) minimizes pressure drop of a flow occurred in a conventional art, (2) consumes low plasma generating power for handling mass flow and prevents oxidation and corrosion of the metal electrode, and (3) is not influenced by a direction of a flow.