Professor Frank Sale

The chemical processing of inorganic materials at elevated temperature is the underlying theme running through my research activities. Present research is concentrated into the areas of a comparison of novel and conventional methods for the production of ceramics, in particular soft magnetic ferrites and the chemical processing of minerals and secondary materials. Projects are underway to study the influence of sinter aids and additive/impurity interactions on the microstructures and magnetic properties of soft ferrites based in the Ni-Zn and Mn-Zn systems for use in multi-layer devices and transformers. In the processing of secondary materials and minerals, studies are being made of the oxidation/reduction re-processing of heavy metal swarf and turnings and upon the evaluation of burden materials for both ironmaking and zincmaking blast furnaces. In this work the microstructures and phase mix of the burdens is being related to the reducibility in gas/solid reactions.

• Microstucture and properties of Ni Cu Zu ferrites for multilayer devices. (with Ms Qiaoyun Huang)
• Oxidation/reduction re-processing of heavy metal scrap. (with Madassar Islam)
• Oxide-impurity interactions in the processing of soft ferrites. (with Drs G. Alabedi and A.H. Qureshi)
• Reducibility of blast furnace burden materials. (with Dr. A.K. Basu)