Silicon sawing waste treatment by electrophoresis and gravitational settling

Journal of Hazardous Materials

Volumn 189, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 526-530

  Tsai, Tzu Hsuan ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIPEI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Alumina; Electrophoresis; Gravitational settling; Recovery; Silicon; Silicon carbide

Indexed keywords

EFFECTIVE SOLUTION; ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS; GRAVITATIONAL SETTLING; GRAVITATIONAL SETTLINGS; HIGH SI CONTENT; ISO-ELECTRIC POINTS; RECOVERED MATERIALS; SAWING PROCESS; SEPARATION PERFORMANCE; SI DISTRIBUTION; SI SOURCES; SI-PARTICLE; SILICON WAFER MANUFACTURING;

ABRASIVES; ALUMINUM; ELECTROPHORESIS; INDUSTRIAL WASTE TREATMENT; RECOVERY; RECYCLING; SAWING; SILICON; SILICON CARBIDE; SILICON WAFERS; SOLAR CELLS;

SEMICONDUCTING SILICON COMPOUNDS;

ALUMINUM OXIDE; SILICON; SILICON CARBIDE;

ALUMINUM OXIDE; ELECTRODE; ELECTROKINESIS; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GRAVITY FIELD; HAZARDOUS WASTE; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PH; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; RECYCLING; SEPARATION; SILICON; SOLAR POWER; WASTE TREATMENT;

ARTICLE; ELECTROPHORESIS; ISOELECTRIC POINT; PARTICLE SIZE; PH; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SLUDGE SETTLING; WASTE MANAGEMENT; ZETA POTENTIAL;

ALUMINUM OXIDE; ELECTROPHORESIS; ENERGY-GENERATING RESOURCES; HAZARDOUS WASTE; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; RECYCLING; SILICON; SOLAR ENERGY;

EID: 79953770228     PISSN: 03043894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2011.02.070     Document Type: Article

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