Application of vacuum metallurgy to separate pure metal from mixed metallic particles of crushed waste printed circuit board scraps

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 42, Issue 20, 2008, Pages 7676-7681

  Zhan, Lu ^a   Xu, Zhenming ^a  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BISMUTH; BISMUTH METALLURGY; BOILING POINT; COPPER; DISTILLATION; ELECTRIC NETWORK ANALYSIS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE EMISSION; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES; ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT MANUFACTURE; HEATING; HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE; INDIUM METALLURGY; LEAD; METALLURGY; METALS; ORES; PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARDS; PRINTED CIRCUIT MANUFACTURE; PRINTED CIRCUITS; SCRAP METAL REPROCESSING; SEPARATION; VACUUM; VACUUM TECHNOLOGY; VAPOR PRESSURE; VAPORS; ZINC;

COPPER PARTICLES; HEATING TEMPERATURES; HEATING TIMES; METALLIC PARTICLES; MIXED METALS; PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD SCRAPS; PURE METALS; THEORETICAL ANALYSES; VACUUM METALLURGIES; VACUUM PRESSURES;

COPPER SMELTING; COPPER;

BISMUTH; COPPER; INDIUM; LEAD; METAL; ZINC;

HEAVY METAL; RECYCLING; SEPARATION; VAPOR PRESSURE; WASTE TECHNOLOGY;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL WASTE; HEATING; METALLURGY; SIMULATION; TEMPERATURE;

COPPER; ELECTRONICS; METALLURGY; METALS; PRESSURE; TEMPERATURE; VACUUM; WASTE PRODUCTS; X-RAY DIFFRACTION; ZINC;

COPPER PARTICLES; HEATING TEMPERATURES; HEATING TIME; METALLIC PARTICLES; MIXED-METALS; OPERATION CONDITIONS; PURE METALS; VACUUM METALLURGY; VACUUM PRESSURE; WASTE PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD;

EID: 54349125048     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es801205b     Document Type: Article

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