Environmental and economic implications of a shift to halogen-free printed wiring boards

Circuit World

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 26-31

  Bergendahl, Carl Gunnar ^a   Lichtenvort, Kerstin ^b   Johansson, Glenn ^c   Zackrisson, Mats ^d   Nyyssönen, Jonna ^e  

^a Courego Coaching and Technology ^*  (Sweden)

^b TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^c JÖNKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d SWEREA IVF   (Sweden)

^e Aspocomp Group Oyj   (Finland)

Author keywords

Electronics industry; Europe directives; Printed circuit boards; Sustainable development

Indexed keywords

ELECTRONICS INDUSTRY; FLAME RETARDANTS; HALOGENATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

EUROPEAN DIRECTIVES; HALOGENATED FLAME RETARDANTS; PRINTED WIRING CIRCUIT BOARDS;

PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARDS;

EID: 19444386912     PISSN: 03056120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/03056120510585045     Document Type: Article

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