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Morning Dew Geregenereerde Ring by Xiangzhi Zhao

Morning Dew Geregenereerde Ring by Xiangzhi Zhao is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2020 A' Design Award in Brons in Sieradenontwerp Competition Category.


BronsSieraden· 2020

Morning Dew Geregenereerde Ring

by Xiangzhi Zhao

Client: Dist industrial design studio

A' Design Award in Brons Winner in Sieraden Category

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The Design

About Morning Dew Geregenereerde Ring

Morning Dew werd gemaakt door zich te concentreren op de materialen met een methode om waardevolle metalen terug te winnen om geregenereerd goud en zilver als materialen te bereiden. De bereidingsmethode is een eenvoudige methode om een aminehoudend poreus materiaal te gebruiken om gekozen metaalionen te adsorberen, en ook om de behandelingsvloeistof opnieuw te gebruiken in het behandelingsproces. Om tot slot waardevolle metalen terug te winnen, is het belangrijk om voor milieuvriendelijkere methoden te kiezen.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award in Brons

Morning Dew Geregenereerde Ring is winnaar van de A' Design Award in Brons, een hoogst prestigieuze erkenning die wordt toegekend aan uitstekende ontwerpen die zich onderscheiden door creativiteit, vindingrijkheid en scherpzinnigheid. Winnaars in Brons zijn ruimschoots vaardige en opvallend creatieve artefacten die de grote ervaring, verbeelding en het vernuft van hun ontwerpers bevestigen. Morning Dew Geregenereerde Ring wordt verwacht een hooggewaardeerd, bewonderd en gekoesterd object te zijn dat opmerkelijk professioneel en innovatief is. Dit ontwerp dat de A' Design Award in Brons heeft gewonnen, verwerkt de beste praktijken in kunst, wetenschap, ontwerp en technologie en is uitstekend door zijn aandacht voor detail. Morning Dew Geregenereerde Ring bevredigt schitterend behoeften, raakt verlangens, charmeert gevoelens en spreekt de nieuwsgierigheid aan.

Behind the Design

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Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.

Unique Properties
The ring was designed with a focus on materials. In designing the "morning dew", an original and greener method of recovering precious metals is used to prepare regenerated gold and silver as materials. The preparation method is simply to use an amine-containing porous material to adsorb selected metal ions, and to achieve reuse of the treatment liquid in the treatment process, so as to recover precious metals by more environmentally friendly methods.
Dimensions & Packaging
Width 20 mm x Depth 20 mm x Height 4 mm
Tags
Ring, Grace, environmental protection, New material, Artistic
Production Technology
The original green precious metal recovery method is to copolymerize 4,4 '- (hexachloroisopropyl) bisphenol with melamine in alkaline solution, the obtained amine-containing porous material can absorb selected metal ions in the solution, and the treatment liquid can be reused to reduce the production of waste water. The material used in “morning dew " is made entirely from this extraction method.
Design Challenge
The molar ratio of cyanamide to hexachlorophenol A is from 3:1.9 to 3: 2.2. Whenthe molar ratio is less than 3:1.9 or more than 3:2.2, the yield is significantly reduced. This characteristic is obtained through numerous experiments. In order to design a metal method with more high-yield regeneration, much efforts and experiments must be made.
Research
Through many experiments and comparative analysis, it is concluded that the dehydration reaction temperature of the material used for regenerating metal is 136-140 celsius degree, the reaction time is 3-5 hours, and when the time is less than 3 hours, the polycondensation is incomplete and the yield is low.
Inspiration
According to UNEP, an average of 1 ton of ordinary electronic waste contains 490 kg of metal. If not recycled, it will cause a huge waste of resources. The most commonly used pyrometallurgical technology for disposal of electronic waste will produce toxic gases, such as fluorocarbons, bromine flame retardants and organic compounds, which tend to generate dioxins under oxidation conditions. In recent years, the solid-phase extraction method has less solvent consumption, simple reaction and fast speed. However, waste of liquid of this technology has become a problem in treatment process.
Project Duration
The project began in Beijing in 2018, applied for a technology patent in early 2019, and was completed in 2019.
Operation Flow
The design of “morning dew " ring focuses on the material, which is made of regenerated gold and silver by a greener way of recovering precious metals. Based on this material, a ring with the shape of dew, wrapped by vines, is designed. A scrap circuit board is much more valuable than a gold mine of the same quality in terms of gold proportion. Therefore, reuse of electronic waste is not receiving enough attention but worth of attention and implementation. It is hoped that the design of "morning dew" will provide guidance of reducing resource waste and promoting resource recovery.

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