Aqueous metal recovery techniques from e-scrap: Hydrometallurgy in recycling

Minerals Engineering

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 28-37

  Tuncuk, A ^a   Stazi, V ^b   Akcil, A ^a   Yazici, E Y ^c   Deveci, H ^c  

^a SULEYMAN DEMIREL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b UNIVERSITY OF L'AQUILA   (Italy)

^c KARADENIZ TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

E scrap; Hydrometallurgy; Leaching; Metal recovery; Recycling

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL GROWTH RATE; BASE METALS; COST EFFECTIVE; DOWNSTREAM PROCESS; E-SCRAP; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTIONS; ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY PROCESS; HIGH-CONTENT; HYDROMETALLURGICAL PROCESS; HYDROMETALLURGICAL TREATMENTS; LOW CAPITAL COSTS; MUNICIPAL WASTE; NATIVE FORMS; OXIDATIVE ACID; OXIDATIVE LEACHING; PYRO-METALLURGICAL PROCESS; SECONDARY RESOURCES; SMALL-SCALE APPLICATIONS; TWO-STAGE PROCESS; WASTE OF ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENTS; WASTE STREAM;

AMPLIFIERS (ELECTRONIC); CYANIDES; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FLAME RETARDANTS; HYDROMETALLURGY; LEACHING; METAL HALIDES; METAL RECOVERY; METALS; OSCILLATORS (ELECTRONIC); PRECIOUS METALS; PYROMETALLURGY; RECOVERY; RECYCLING; SCRAP METAL; SCRAP METAL REPROCESSING; THIOUREAS;

PRECIOUS METAL ALLOYS;

EID: 81855175963     PISSN: 08926875     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mineng.2011.09.019     Document Type: Article

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