The recovery of valuable refractory metals from industrial slags is a pressing challenge. This talk introduces a strategy based on Engineered Artificial Minerals, which selectively sequester target elements during smelting and recrystallization. Using DFT calculations and flame-spray pyrolysis, this approach enables the design of effective additives and links atomic-scale insights to industrial processes, while also addressing challenges in accurately predicting the behavior of transition metal oxides.
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