Characterization and recovery of polymers from mobile phone scrap

Waste Management and Research

Volumn 29, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 714-726

  Kasper, Angela C ^a   Bernardes, Andréa M ^a   Veit, Hugo M ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Materials characterization; mobile phone scrap; polymers; recycling

Indexed keywords

ELECTRONIC SCRAPS; ELECTROSTATIC SEPARATION PROCESS; INJECTION MOULDING; INJECTION PROCESS; MATERIALS CHARACTERIZATION; MECHANICAL PROCESSING; MECHANICAL TESTS; POLYMERIC MATERIAL; TECHNICAL VIABILITY;

CHARACTERIZATION; ELECTROSTATIC SEPARATORS; INJECTION MOLDING; MOBILE DEVICES; MOBILE PHONES; MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARDS; RECYCLING; SCRAP METAL REPROCESSING; TELEPHONE; TELEPHONE SETS;

POLYMERS;

METAL; POLYMER;

CERAMICS; ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT; ELECTRONICS INDUSTRY; MOBILE COMMUNICATION; POLYMER; RECYCLING; SEPARATION;

ARTICLE; CERAMICS; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT; HARDNESS; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; MECHANICS; MOBILE PHONE; PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECYCLING; TENSILE STRENGTH; THERMOGRAVIMETRY;

CALORIMETRY, DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING; CELLULAR PHONE; ELECTRONIC WASTE; HUMANS; MATERIALS TESTING; POLYMERS; RECYCLING; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, INFRARED; STRESS, MECHANICAL; THERMOGRAVIMETRY;

EID: 79959886359     PISSN: 0734242X     EISSN: 10963669     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0734242X10391528     Document Type: Article

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