Bioleaching of metal concentrates of waste printed circuit boards by mixed culture of acidophilic bacteria

Journal of Hazardous Materials

Volumn 192, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 614-619

  Zhu, Nengwu ^a,b   Xiang, Yun ^a,c   Zhang, Ting ^a   Wu, Pingxiao ^a,b   Dang, Zhi ^a,b   Li, Ping ^a,b   Wu, Jinhua ^a,b  

^a SOUTH CHINA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF POSTS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS   (China)

^c SOUTH CHINA INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Acidophilic bacteria; Bioleaching; Electronic wastes; Metal concentrate; Waste printed circuit boards

Indexed keywords

ACIDOPHILIC BACTERIA; COPPER EXTRACTION; COPPER LEACHING; ELECTRONIC WASTE; INITIAL PH; MIXED CULTURES; NON-METALLIC; OPTIMIZED CONDITIONS; OPTIMUM CONDITIONS; WASTE PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD; WASTE PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARDS;

BACTERIA; BACTERIOLOGY; BIOLEACHING; METALS; PH EFFECTS;

PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARDS;

ALUMINUM; COPPER; IRON; METAL; ZINC;

ACIDOPHILY; BACTERIUM; BIODEGRADATION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ECOTOXICOLOGY; ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT; INOCULATION; IRON; METAL; PH; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); RECYCLING;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BIOLEACHING; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; INOCULATION; NONHUMAN; PARTICLE SIZE; PH; SOLID WASTE; THERMOACIDOPHILIC BACTERIUM; WASTE PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD;

BACTERIA; ELECTRONICS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; METALS; PARTICLE SIZE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 79960200939     PISSN: 03043894     EISSN: 18733336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2011.05.062     Document Type: Article

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