Centre National De La Recherche Scientifique

Université De Rouen Normandie

Institut National Des Sciences Appliquees De Rouen Normandie

Nicolas Maât

Jean-Marie Le Breton

Virginie Nachbaur

Disclosed is a method and system for recovering at least rare earth elements from within an object A consisting of at least one first rare earth portion or a mixture of rare earth elements and a second metal portion. The method includes a solvothermal treatment step that places the object in contact with a fluid for causing at least one rare earth portion and/or mixture of rare earth elements and the metal portion to oxidize in order to separate same, the value of the reaction temperature Tr is selected according to the nature of the object, the reaction following a R-M&#x2192;R(X)x+M(X)y scheme, where R is the rare earth element or a mixture of rare earth elements, M is the transition metal, and (X) is a group which depends on the fluid used.

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Nicolas Maât