Techniques to separate metal from waste printed circuit boards from discarded personal computers

Journal of Material Cycles and Waste Management

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 42-54

  Hino, Takanori ^a   Agawa, Ryuichi ^b   Moriya, Youichi ^c   Nishida, Minoru ^d   Tsugita, Yasuhiro ^e   Araki, Takao ^d  

^a NIIHAMA NATIONAL COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b SUMITOMO HEAVY INDUSTRIES LTD   (Japan)

^c First Inc   (Japan)

^d EHIME UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e SUMITOMO METAL MINING CO LTD   (Japan)

Author keywords

Basicity; Fusion processing; Metal separation; Printed circuit board; Pulverization

Indexed keywords

EID: 60349097801     PISSN: 14384957     EISSN: 1436378X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10163-008-0218-0     Document Type: Conference Paper

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