Heavy metal partitioning from electronic scrap during thermal End-of-Life treatment

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 373, Issue 2-3, 2007, Pages 576-584

  Scharnhorst, Wolfram ^a,b   Ludwig, Christian ^a,c   Wochele, Jörg ^a,c   Jolliet, Olivier ^a,d  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

^b SWISS FEDERAL LABORATORIES FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^c PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^d Section on Statistical Genetics   (United States)

Author keywords

Electronic scrap; Heavy metals; Printed wiring board assembly; Thermal End of Life treatment; Waste management

Indexed keywords

HEAVY METALS; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA; PHASE EQUILIBRIA; THERMAL EFFECTS; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES; THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

ELECTRONIC SCRAPS; PRINTED WIRING BOARD ASSEMBLY; QUARTZ TUBE REACTOR (QTR); THERMAL END OF LIFE TREATMENT;

SCRAP METAL REPROCESSING;

ANTIMONY; ARSENIC; CADMIUM; GALLIUM; HEAVY METAL; LEAD; NICKEL; OXYGEN;

ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT; EVAPORATION; HEAVY METAL; PARTITIONING; SOLID WASTE; WASTE TREATMENT;

ARTICLE; ELECTRONICS; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; EVAPORATION; HEAVY METAL REMOVAL; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOBILE PHONE; OXYGEN SUPPLY; POLLUTANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THERMAL END OF LIFE TREATMENT; THERMODYNAMICS; THERMOGRAVIMETRY; VOLATILIZATION; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

AIR; AIR POLLUTANTS; ELECTRONICS; INCINERATION; METALS, HEAVY; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ATOMIC; THERMODYNAMICS; VOLATILIZATION;

EID: 33846596204     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2006.11.023     Document Type: Article

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