A novel flowsheet for the recovery of metal values from waste printed circuit boards

Resources, Conservation and Recycling

Volumn 53, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 464-469

  Das, A ^a   Vidyadhar, A ^a   Mehrotra, S P ^a  

^a NATIONAL METALLURGICAL LABORATORY   (India)

Author keywords

Electronic waste; Flowsheet development; Physical beneficiation; Printed circuit boards; Waste recycling

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATE GRADE; ELECTRONIC WASTE; ELECTROSTATIC SEPARATION; ENHANCED GRAVITY SEPARATION; FLOWING FILM CONCENTRATION; FLOWSHEET; FLOWSHEET DEVELOPMENT; GRAVITY SEPARATION; GRAVITY SEPARATOR; INDUSTRIAL SCALE; METAL VALUES; NON-METALLIC; PHYSICAL BENEFICIATION; PRE-CONCENTRATION; UNIT OPERATION; WASTE PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD; WASTE RECYCLING; WET AND DRY;

BENEFICIATION; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); ELASTOMERS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE EMISSION; ELECTROSTATIC SEPARATORS; FLOTATION; FLOWCHARTING; METAL RECOVERY; METAL REFINING; METALS; PLASTICITY; POWDER METALS; PRINTED CIRCUIT MANUFACTURE; RECYCLING; UNDERWATER MINERAL RESOURCES;

PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARDS;

METAL;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ELECTRODYNAMICS; RECYCLING; SEPARATION; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

ARTICLE; DISPOSABLE EQUIPMENT; ELECTRICITY; FLOTATION; PURIFICATION; RECYCLING; WASTE DISPOSAL;

EID: 67349093484     PISSN: 09213449     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resconrec.2009.03.008     Document Type: Article

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