Materials recovery from waste printed circuit boards by supercritical methanol

Journal of Hazardous Materials

Volumn 178, Issue 1-3, 2010, Pages 628-634

  Xiu, Fu Rong ^a   Zhang, Fu Shen ^a  

^a RESEARCH CENTER FOR ECO ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Polymer; Recovery; Supercritical methanol; Waste PCBs; WEEE

Indexed keywords

FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FIRE RETARDANT; LIQUID PRODUCTS; MATERIALS RECOVERY; OPERATION CONDITIONS; POLYMER MATERIALS; REACTION TEMPERATURE; SOLID PRODUCTS; SOLID-TO-LIQUID RATIO; SUPERCRITICAL METHANOL; TEMPERATURE RANGE; TREATMENT TIME; TRIPHENYL PHOSPHATE; WASTE PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD;

GLASS FIBERS; LEAD; LIQUIDS; METAL RECOVERY; METHANOL; PHENOLS; POLYMERS; PRECIOUS METALS; PRINTED CIRCUIT MANUFACTURE; SILVER; TIN; ZINC;

PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARDS;

COPPER; GOLD; IRON; LEAD; METHANOL; POLYMER; SILVER; TIN; ZINC;

METAL; METHANOL; PCB; POLYMER; SUPERCRITICAL FLOW;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHEMICAL WASTE; DEPOLYMERIZATION; ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; METHYLATION; POLLUTION CONTROL; RECYCLING; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE;

ALGORITHMS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, SUPERCRITICAL FLUID; ELECTRONICS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; METALS; METHANOL; MICROCOMPUTERS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; QUALITY CONTROL; SOLVENTS; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 77951499865     PISSN: 03043894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2010.01.131     Document Type: Article

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