Hydrometallurgical process for copper recovery from waste printed circuit boards (PCBs)

Mineral Processing and Extractive Metallurgy Review

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 90-104

  Long Le, Hoang ^a   Jeong, Jinki ^b   Lee, Jae Chun ^b   Pandey, Banshi D ^b,c   Yoo, Jae Min ^b   Huyunh, Trung Hai ^a  

^a HANOI UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Viet Nam)

^b Korea Institute of Geosceince and Mineral Resources   (South Korea)

^c NATIONAL CHEMICAL LABORATORY   (India)

Author keywords

beneficiation; copper leaching; LIX 984N; solvent extraction; waste printed circuit boards

Indexed keywords

AIR SEPARATORS; COPPER LEACHING; COPPER RECOVERY; COPPER SULFATE; COUNTER CURRENT; HYDROGEN REDUCTION; HYDROMETALLURGICAL PROCESS; LABORATORY SCALE; LEACH LIQUORS; LIX 984; LIX 984N; PHASE RATIOS; PULP DENSITY; SELECTIVE EXTRACTION; SELECTIVE RECOVERY; THREE STAGES; WASTE PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD; WASTE PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARDS;

BENEFICIATION; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); COPPER; ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT MANUFACTURE; LEACHING; LEAD; NITRIC ACID; RECOVERY; SEPARATORS; SOLVENT EXTRACTION; SOLVENTS; SULFURIC ACID; TIN; WASTE DISPOSAL; ZINC;

PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARDS;

EID: 79952655617     PISSN: 08827508     EISSN: 15477401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08827508.2010.530720     Document Type: Article

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