Recycling of WEEE: Characterization of spent printed circuit boards from mobile phones and computers

Waste Management

Volumn 31, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 2553-2558

  Yamane, Luciana Harue ^a   de Moraes, Viviane Tavares ^a   Espinosa, Denise Crocce Romano ^a   Tenório, Jorge Alberto Soares ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Characterization; Computers; Mobile phones; Printed circuit boards; Recycling

Indexed keywords

AQUA REGIA; COPPER CONCENTRATION; ELECTROSTATIC SEPARATION; HAMMERMILLS; ICP-OES; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA ATOMIC EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY; LOSS-ON-IGNITION; MINERAL PROCESSING; POLYMER FRACTIONS; RECYCLING PROCESS;

ATOMIC EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY; ATOMIC SPECTROSCOPY; CERAMIC MATERIALS; CHEMICALS; COPPER; COUPLED CIRCUITS; ELECTRIC NETWORK ANALYSIS; GRINDING (COMMINUTION); INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA; LEACHING; METAL ANALYSIS; METAL RECOVERY; METALS; MOBILE DEVICES; MOBILE PHONES; MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; PERSONAL COMPUTERS; POLYMERS; PRECIOUS METALS; RECYCLING; TELEPHONE; TELEPHONE CIRCUITS; TELEPHONE SETS;

PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARDS;

ALUMINUM; COPPER; GOLD; IRON; LEAD; METAL; NICKEL; POLYMER; SILVER; TIN; ZINC;

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; COMPUTER; COPPER; MOBILE COMMUNICATION; RECYCLING; WASTE DISPOSAL; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

AQUA REGIA LEACHING; ARTICLE; ATOMIC EMISSION SPECTROMETRY; CERAMICS; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHEMICAL PROCEDURES; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT; ELECTRONIC WASTE; LOSS ON IGNITION; MAGNETIC SEPARATION; MECHANICS; MICROCOMPUTER; MINERAL PROCESSING TECHNIQUE; MOBILE PHONE; PARTICLE SIZE; PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECYCLING; SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT; STATIC ELECTRICITY;

CELLULAR PHONE; CERAMICS; COMPUTERS; COPPER; HYDROCHLORIC ACID; MAGNETICS; NITRIC ACID; PARTICLE SIZE; POLYMERS; RECYCLING; STATIC ELECTRICITY; WASTE PRODUCTS;

EID: 80054866119     PISSN: 0956053X     EISSN: 18792456     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wasman.2011.07.006     Document Type: Article

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