A new technology for recycling materials from waste printed circuit boards

Journal of Hazardous Materials

Volumn 175, Issue 1-3, 2010, Pages 823-828

  Zhou, Yihui ^a   Qiu, Keqiang ^a  

^a CENTRAL SOUTH UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Centrifugal separation; Recycling; Vacuum pyrolysis; Waste printed circuit boards

Indexed keywords

CENTRIFUGAL SEPARATION; CHEMICAL FEEDSTOCKS; ENVIRONMENTAL CONTAMINANT; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTIONS; INORGANIC MATERIALS; MASS BALANCE; NEW PROCESS; NEW TECHNOLOGIES; ORGANIC MATERIALS; POLLUTING TECHNOLOGY; PYROLYSIS OIL; PYROLYSIS RESIDUE; RECYCLING MATERIALS; ROTATING DRUMS; SECONDARY RESOURCES; VACUUM PYROLYSIS; WASTE PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD;

CENTRIFUGATION; CRACKING (CHEMICAL); FUEL OILS; GLASS FIBERS; MATERIALS; METAL RECOVERY; PRINTED CIRCUIT MANUFACTURE; RECYCLING; SPINNING (FIBERS); THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS; VACUUM; VACUUM APPLICATIONS;

PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARDS;

FUEL; GLASS FIBER; METAL; OIL;

CENTRIFUGE; COMBUSTION; HAZARDOUS WASTE; INNOVATION; PYROLYSIS; RECYCLING; TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT; WASTE DISPOSAL; WASTE TECHNOLOGY;

ARTICLE; COMBUSTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DANGEROUS GOODS; ELECTRONICS; GAS; HEATING; HIGH TEMPERATURE; MASS; POLLUTANT; POLLUTION CONTROL; PYROLYSIS; RECYCLING; ROTATION;

CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ELECTRONICS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; GASES; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; MANUFACTURED MATERIALS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; PHENOL; REFUSE DISPOSAL; SPECTROSCOPY, FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 72049098796     PISSN: 03043894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2009.10.083     Document Type: Article

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