Thermal decomposition of electronic wastes: Mobile phone case and other parts

Waste Management

Volumn 31, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 2546-2552

  Moltó, Julia ^a   Egea, Silvia ^a   Conesa, Juan Antonio ^a   Font, Rafael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALICANTE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Dioxins; PAHs; Printed circuit board; Pyrolysis; Semivolatile compounds; WEEE

Indexed keywords

CARBON OXIDE; COPPER CONTENT; DIOXIN-LIKE PCBS; DIOXINS; ELECTRONIC WASTE; EMISSION FACTORS; LIGHT HYDROCARBON; PAHS; PCDD/FS; SEMIVOLATILE COMPOUNDS; WEEE;

COMBUSTION; HYDROCARBONS; MOBILE PHONES; NAPHTHALENE; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; PHENOLS; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; PYROLYSIS; STYRENE; TELECOMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT; TELEPHONE; TELEPHONE CIRCUITS; TELEPHONE SETS; WASTE INCINERATION;

PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARDS;

CARBON OXIDE; COPPER; DIOXANE DERIVATIVE; HYDROCARBON; NAPHTHALENE; OXIDE; PHENOL; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZODIOXIN; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZOFURAN; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; SEMIVOLATILE COMPOUND; STYRENE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VOLATILE AGENT;

CARBON MONOXIDE; COMBUSTION; COPPER; DIOXIN; NAPHTHALENE; PAH; PCDD; PCDF; PHENOL; PYROLYSIS; SOLID WASTE; THERMAL DECOMPOSITION;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; COMBUSTION; DECOMPOSITION; ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT; ELECTRONIC WASTE; FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS; FURNACE; MOBILE PHONE; MOBILE PHONE CASE; PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYROLYSIS; SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT; THERMAL REACTION;

BENZOFURANS; CELLULAR PHONE; DIOXINS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; INCINERATION; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; REFUSE DISPOSAL; SPECTROMETRY, X-RAY EMISSION; SPECTROSCOPY, FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; WASTE PRODUCTS;

EID: 80054860134     PISSN: 0956053X     EISSN: 18792456     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wasman.2011.07.028     Document Type: Article

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