Processing waste printed circuit boards for material recovery

Circuit World

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 43-50

  Hall, William J ^a   Williams, Paul T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Circuit boards; Printed circuits; Recycling; Waste recovery

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL REACTORS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; METAL RECOVERY; PYROLYSIS; RECYCLING; SEPARATION;

ORGANIC FRACTION; ORGANIC OILS; WASTE RECOVERY;

PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARDS;

EID: 36248999962     PISSN: 03056120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/03056120710836936     Document Type: Article

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