Article Dans Une Revue Materialia Année : 2025

From slag to structure: Formation of novel iron oxalate crystals via Cyrene™-driven microwave chemistry

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Moving towards a circular economy, upgrading industrial waste products rich in metals and minerals into valuable materials essential for digital devices, catalysis, and environmental remediation is a key step. The procedures must be eco-friendly, efficient, and yield high production rates. In this work, we propose a microwave-assisted conversion process that transforms iron-rich oxide products (e.g., Fe2O3, Fe3O4) into long iron oxalate crystals with mixed oxidation states using a green solvent mixture of water and Cyrene MT -a bio-derived solvent. Results show that an equal volume fraction of water and Cyrene MT enables uniform crystal growth with an average length of 71.5 ± 10.5 µm while achieving high conversion yields. The procedure is time-and energy-efficient, environmentally friendly, and potentially applicable to a wide range of industrial residues, as demonstrated in this work for steel slag.

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hal-05090848 , version 1 (30-05-2025)

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Limor Ben Neon, Aurelien Lebrun, Eddy Petit, Anne Julbe. From slag to structure: Formation of novel iron oxalate crystals via Cyrene™-driven microwave chemistry. Materialia, 2025, 41, pp.102443. ⟨10.1016/j.mtla.2025.102443⟩. ⟨hal-05090848⟩
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