Recovery of tin and copper by recycling of printed circuit boards from obsolete computers

Brazilian Journal of Chemical Engineering

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 649-657

  Castro, L A ^a   Martins, A H ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Copper; Electronic scrap; Hydrometallurgy; Recycling; Tin

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER CIRCUITS; COPPER; COPPER SCRAP; ELECTRONIC WASTE; EXTRACTION; HYDROMETALLURGY; LEACHING; POWDER METALS; RECOVERY; RECYCLING; SCRAP METAL REPROCESSING; SOLUTIONS; TIMING CIRCUITS; TIN;

ELECTRONIC SCRAPS; LEACH LIQUORS; METAL EXTRACTIONS; OBSOLETE COMPUTER; PH VALUE; POWDER FEEDS; PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARDS (PCB);

PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARDS;

EID: 75649106405     PISSN: 01046632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0104-66322009000400003     Document Type: Article

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