Recovery of gold from computer circuit board scrap using aqua regia

Waste Management and Research

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 380-383

  Sheng, Peter P ^a   Etsell, Thomas H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aqua regia; Computer circuit board; Electronic scrap; Gold; Hydrometallurgy; Leaching; Recovery; Recycling; Wmr 225 4

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER CIRCUITS; GOLD; HYDROMETALLURGY; LEACHING; METAL RECOVERY; PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARDS; SCRAP METAL;

AQUA REGIA; COMPUTER CICRCUIT BOARD SCRAP; ELECTRONIC SCRAP;

RECYCLING;

FERROUS SULFATE; GOLD; METAL; NITRIC ACID; PLASTIC; TIN; WATER;

COMPUTER CIRCUITS; GOLD; HYDROMETALLURGY; LEACHING; METAL RECOVERY; PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARDS; RECYCLING; SCRAP METAL;

COMPUTER; GOLD; LEACHING; NITRIC ACID; RECYCLING; SEPARATION;

ARTICLE; CERAMICS; COMPUTER; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; LEACHING; LIQUID; PHASE SEPARATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLID; SOLUBILITY; TEMPERATURE; TIME; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

COMPUTERS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; FERROUS COMPOUNDS; GOLD; HYDROCHLORIC ACID; NITRIC ACID; PRECIPITATION; SOLUTIONS;

EID: 34547866714     PISSN: 0734242X     EISSN: 10963669     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0734242X07076946     Document Type: Article

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