Recovery of aluminium, nickel-copper alloys and salts from spent fluorescent lamps

Waste Management

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 119-126

  Rabah, Mahmoud A ^a  

^a CENTRAL METALLURGICAL RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE CMRDI   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Florescent lamps; Industrial waste; Nickel copper alloy; Recycling; Waste Management

Indexed keywords

FLUORESCENT LAMPS; HYDROMETALLURGY; METAL MELTING; METAL RECOVERY; NICKEL ALLOYS; RECYCLING; SALTS; THERMODYNAMICS; TUBES (COMPONENTS);

GLASS TUBES; SPENT FLUORESCENT LAMPS (SFL);

WASTE MANAGEMENT;

ACETONE; ALLOY; ALUMINUM; ALUMINUM DERIVATIVE; BORATE SODIUM; CARBON; COPPER; COPPER DERIVATIVE; GLASS; HYDROGEN; MERCURY; METAL; NICKEL; NICKEL COMPLEX; OXYGEN; SODIUM CHLORIDE; TIN; WATER;

INDUSTRIAL WASTE; METAL; SEPARATION; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

ARTICLE; FLUORESCENT LIGHTING; GAS; HIGH TEMPERATURE; MELTING POINT; METAL RECOVERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECYCLING; REDUCTION; SAFETY; SLAG; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 0842277645     PISSN: 0956053X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wasman.2003.07.001     Document Type: Article

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