Recovery of Cu and Fe from Printed Circuit Board waste sludge by ultrasound: Evaluation of industrial application

Journal of Cleaner Production

Volumn 17, Issue 16, 2009, Pages 1494-1498

  Xie, Fengchun ^a   Cai, Tingting ^a   Ma, Yang ^b   Li, Haiying ^a   Li, Chuncheng ^a   Huang, Zhiyuan ^a   Yuan, Gaoqing ^a  

^a SOUTH CHINA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b AECOM   (United States)

Author keywords

Metal recovery; PCB waste sludge; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

CLEANER PROCESS; COAGULANT MATERIALS; COPPER RECOVERY; COPPER SULFATE; FERRIC CHLORIDE; HIGH-QUALITY PRODUCTS; INDUSTRIAL SCALE; IRON RECOVERY; LOW COSTS; ON-SITE WASTEWATER TREATMENT; PCB WASTE SLUDGE; RECOVERY EFFICIENCY; ULTRASOUND; WASTE SLUDGE; ZERO WASTE;

ACOUSTIC WAVES; CHLORINATION; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; COAGULATION; COPPER; HEAVY METALS; INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS; IRON REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT); METALS; PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARDS; PRINTED CIRCUIT MANUFACTURE; ULTRASONICS; WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER RECLAMATION; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

METAL RECOVERY;

EID: 69349092187     PISSN: 09596526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2009.06.012     Document Type: Article

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