Santeri Kurkinen
Research Engineer
Separation Science
LUT School of Engineering Sciences
Lappeenranta
LUT Focus Areas
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Research areas
Chemical Engineering
Biography
Junior researcher in research group of Industrial Hydrometallurgy led by Docent Sami Virolainen. My reseacher focuses on the recovery and purification of rare earth elements (REE) from secondary source. I'm using industrial waste material, phosphogypsum, as my secondary source of the REEs. Main method for extraction and purification is ion exchange based solutions (Resin-in-leach, chromatography etc.) As a final result from my reseach I produce rare earth oxides (REO).
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Keywords
Ion exchange, rare earth elements, chromatography, hydrometallurgy