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  • MakaleAçık Erişim2026Scopus SJRQ3
    Effect of mechanical activation on lithium and alkali cation release from dolomitic clay wastes of boron processing plant

    Boylu, Feridun; Teker, Gülsen Obuz; Angur, Gafure Ersever; Ozdemir, Orhan; Çelik, Mehmet Sabri

    With the significant increase in lithium demand and production, alternative resources such as lithium-bearing clays have increasingly attracted attention and have been considered as a potential source. In addition to conventional Li recovery methods such as acid treatment and roasting, more economical and environmentally friendly techniques such as mechanical activation followed by water leaching are also being considered. In Türkiye, wastes from boron processing plants, containing approximately 900 ppm of lithium and mainly of dolomitic clays and unrecovered boron minerals (~10-13% of waste), are considered as a potential lithium source. However, due to high dolomite and boron mineral contents, the waste material may release significant amounts of alkaline earth ions such as Na+, K+, Mg2+, Ca2+, and B2O3 during leaching, which may interfere with lithium extraction from the solution. In this study, the leaching behavior of lithium, alkali ions, and other possible elements (e.g., B2O3, Fe3+, and Al3+) from both raw clay waste and mechanically activated forms of this waste material was investigated in detail. The results showed that water leaching without sodium salt of activated waste samples achieves about 44.7–57.7% lithium recovery, yielding high lithium concentrations (80–115 ppm), low levels of alkali ions (4430 ppm Na+, 114 ppm K+, 20 ppm Ca2+, and 7 ppm Mg2+), and almost no detectable Fe3+ (<0.2 ppm) or Al3+ (0.07 ppm) ions. On the other hand, a single problem was encountered where 0.95 % of B2O3 concentrations did not decrease in water leaching at even room temperature.

    • SDG 6 · Temiz Su ve Sanitasyon
    • SDG 12 · Sorumlu Üretim ve Tüketim
  • MakaleAçık Erişim2021Scopus SJRQ4
    Electrochemical Corrosion and Metal Ion Release Protective Efficiency of the Multilayer TaN Coatings on CoCrMo Biomedical Alloy

    Aslan, Ali Kemal; Bahçe, Erkan; Güler, Mehmet Sami

    CoCrMo alloy is widely used in artificial orthopedic joint applications due to its high mechanical properties. But, high levels of the metal ion release from alloy surfaces cause variable toxic and allergic effects on the patient in vivo use. This case restricts the lifetime of the implant and results in the failure of the artificial joint. In order to enhance the corrosion resistance and to decrease the metal ion release, alloy surface was multilayer-coated by closed field unbalanced magnetron system. The protective efficiency of the coatings was determined by potentiodynamic polarization tests and static immersion tests were performed for 45, 60 and 90 days in the simulated body fluid in order to understand the effect of the coatings on the metal ion release. The metal ion concentrations in the simulated body fluids were determined by using inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry device. The electrochemical corrosion results showed that the multilayer coatings provided 93 % protective efficiency in terms of corrosion resistance. Multilayer coatings decreased the metal ions release levels significantly, especially Co leaking was decreased approximately 52 times compared to uncoated samples.

    • SDG 3 · Sağlık ve Kaliteli Yaşam
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