Toru H. Okabe

Toru H. Okabe

Toru H. Okabe (born December 4, 1965) is a Japanese scientist specializing in materials science, environmental science, resource circulation engineering, and rare metals process engineering, particularly for electronic waste.[1] His most recent work involves the advancement of new processing technology to recycle rare metals[2][3] like niobium,[4] titanium,[5] yttrium,[6] rhenium,[7] neodymium,[8] other lanthanides and precious metals.[9] He is also involved in sustainable urban mining.[10]

  1. ^ "Okabe Lab. -Resource Recovery and Materials Processing Engineering / Toru H. Okabe / Institute of Industrial Science, the University of Tokyo / Okabe Lab". www.okabe.iis.u-tokyo.ac.jp. Retrieved 2021-08-05.
  2. ^ Okabe, Toru H.; Hamanaka, Yuki; Taninouchi, Yu-ki (2016-08-10). "Direct oxygen removal technique for recycling titanium using molten MgCl2 salt". Faraday Discussions. 190: 109–126. Bibcode:2016FaDi..190..109O. doi:10.1039/C5FD00229J. ISSN 1364-5498. PMID 27244243.
  3. ^ Okabe, Toru H. (2017-04-03). "Bottlenecks in rare metal supply and the importance of recycling – a Japanese perspective". Mineral Processing and Extractive Metallurgy. 126 (1–2): 22–32. doi:10.1080/03719553.2016.1268855. ISSN 0371-9553. S2CID 132193676.
  4. ^ Okabe, Toru H.; Park, Il; Jacob, K.T.; Waseda, Yoshio (1999-06-29). "Production of niobium powder by electronically mediated reaction (EMR) using calcium as a reductant". Journal of Alloys and Compounds. 288 (1–2): 200–210. doi:10.1016/S0925-8388(99)00130-9. ISSN 0925-8388.
  5. ^ Okabe, T. H.; Nakamura, M.; Oishi, T.; Ono, K. (1993-06-01). "Electrochemical deoxidation of titanium". Metallurgical and Materials Transactions B. 24 (3): 449–455. Bibcode:1993MTB....24..449O. doi:10.1007/BF02666427. ISSN 1543-1916. S2CID 94832339.
  6. ^ Okabe, T.H.; Deura, T.N.; Oishi, T.; Ono, K.; Sadoway, D.R. (1996-04-15). "Electrochemical deoxidation of yttrium-oxygen solid solutions". Journal of Alloys and Compounds. 237 (1–2): 150–154. doi:10.1016/0925-8388(95)02129-9. ISSN 0925-8388.
  7. ^ Darjaa, Tsembel; Okabe, Toru H.; Waseda, Yoshio; Umetsu, Yoshiaki (2000). "Electro-Oxidation of Molybdenum Concentrate Using Bipolar Cell, and Recovery of Rhenium". Shigen-to-Sozai. 116 (6): 520–526. doi:10.2473/shigentosozai.116.520.
  8. ^ Okabe, Toru H.; Takeda, Osamu; Fukuda, Kazuhiro; Umetsu, Yoshiaki (2003). "Direct Extraction and Recovery of Neodymium Metal from Magnet Scrap". Materials Transactions. 44 (4): 798–801. doi:10.2320/matertrans.44.798.
  9. ^ Taninouchi, Yu-ki; Okabe, Toru H. (2018-08-01). "Recovery of Platinum Group Metals from Spent Catalysts Using Iron Chloride Vapor Treatment". Metallurgical and Materials Transactions B. 49 (4): 1781–1793. Bibcode:2018MMTB...49.1781T. doi:10.1007/s11663-018-1269-9. ISSN 1543-1916.
  10. ^ "The latest Olympic event -- urban mining". Nikkei Asia. Retrieved 2021-08-05.