The aim of our research is refining materials for high quality and development of materials processing. Our research fields are the fundamental study of the physical chemistry of high temperature reactions between solids, liquids and gases, and the development for processing of advanced materials. The investigations are focused on melts of metals and oxides. The development of new refining processes in non-equilibrium states, and material recycling for solving environmental and resource issues are conducted.

Research activities for materials processing are as follows:

1. Kinetics of chemical reactions between liquid metals, molten oxides and gases by isotope exchange technique.
2. Development for effective utilization of biomass energy to materials processing.
3. Design of new fluxes for refining of molten metals for high quality.
4. Development of raw materials and fluxes for advanced iron and steel making.
5. Development of process for fine powders of metals and compounds by chemical vapor deposition.

Research activities for environmentally conscious materials and recycling are as follows:

1. Development of techniques for selective recovering and refining from recycled metals.
2. Analysis of formation of oxyhalides compounds in the recycle process and development of new recycling processes.
3. Investigation of materials flow for the decrease of environmental load.

Combining experiments and simulations, we are trying to develop new materials processing well adapted for sustainable society.