Ultrasonic recovery of copper and iron through the simultaneous utilization of Printed Circuit Boards (PCB) spent acid etching solution and PCB waste sludge

Journal of Hazardous Materials

Volumn 185, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 155-161

  Huang, Zhiyuan ^a   Xie, Fengchun ^a   Ma, Yang ^b  

^a SOUTH CHINA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b AECOM   (United States)

Author keywords

Acidic Printed Circuit Boards (PCB) spent etching solution; Metal recovery; Printed Circuit Boards (PCB) waste sludge; Simultaneous treatment; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

IRON SEPARATIONS; LABORATORY SCALE; LEACHATES; LEACHING RATES; LEACHING SOLUTION; PRECIPITATING AGENTS; PROCESS PERFORMANCE; RINSING WATER; SIMULTANEOUS TREATMENT; SIMULTANEOUS USE; SIMULTANEOUS UTILIZATION; SPENT ACID; SPENT ETCHING SOLUTION; ULTRASONIC ENERGY; ULTRASONIC POWER; ULTRASOUND; ULTRASOUND ENERGY; WASTE SLUDGE; WASTE STREAM;

ACIDS; COPPER; ENERGY CONVERSION; ETCHING; LEACHING; LIME; MANUFACTURE; METAL RECOVERY; PRINTED CIRCUIT MANUFACTURE; ULTRASONIC APPLICATIONS; ULTRASONICS; WASTE TREATMENT;

PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARDS;

CALCIUM OXIDE; COPPER; IRON; WATER;

COPPER; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; IRON; LABORATORY METHOD; LEACHATE; PCB; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PH; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); RECYCLING; ULTRASONICS;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST; DEVICE; LEACHING; PH; PRECIPITATION; PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD; SLUDGE; SOLID; STREAM (RIVER); TEMPERATURE; ULTRASOUND;

ACIDS; ALGORITHMS; CALCIUM; CALCIUM COMPOUNDS; COPPER; CRYSTALLIZATION; ELECTRONICS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; EQUIPMENT REUSE; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; INDICATORS AND REAGENTS; IRON; MICROCOMPUTERS; OXIDES; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; SEWAGE; SODIUM HYDROXIDE; SOLUTIONS; SPECTROMETRY, X-RAY EMISSION; SULFURIC ACIDS; TEMPERATURE; ULTRASONICS;

EID: 78549283939     PISSN: 03043894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2010.09.010     Document Type: Article

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