Selective recovery of gold from waste mobile phone PCBs by hydrometallurgical process

Journal of Hazardous Materials

Volumn 198, Issue , 2011, Pages 206-215

  Kim, Eun Young ^a   Kim, Min Seuk ^b   Lee, Jae Chun ^b   Pandey, B D ^c  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Korea Institute of Geosceince and Mineral Resources   (South Korea)

^c NATIONAL METALLURGICAL LABORATORY   (India)

Author keywords

Amberlite XAD 7HP; Copper; Electro generated Cl 2 leaching; Gold; PCBs (printed circuit boards)

Indexed keywords

AMBERLITE; COPPER LEACHING; GOLD RECOVERIES; HYDROMETALLURGICAL PROCESS; INITIAL CONCENTRATION; ION EXCHANGE PROCESS; LEACH LIQUORS; LEACHING EXPERIMENTS; LEACHING PROCESS; LEACHING REACTORS; LOW CONCENTRATIONS; PCBS (PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARDS); SELECTIVE RECOVERY; TWO STAGE; WASTE MOBILE PHONE;

CHLORINE; COPPER; GOLD; HYDROMETALLURGY; ION EXCHANGE; IONS; LEACHING; MOBILE PHONES; NANOCLUSTERS; RECOVERY; RESINS; TELEPHONE SETS;

PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARDS;

CHLORINE; GOLD; POLACRILIN; RESIN;

ADSORPTION; CHLORINE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); COPPER; ELECTRODE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GOLD; HYDROCHLORIC ACID; ION EXCHANGE; MOBILE COMMUNICATION; OXIDANT; PCB; RECYCLING; RESIN; WASTE TREATMENT;

ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ION EXCHANGE; LEACHING; LIQUID; LIQUID CRYSTAL; METALLURGY; MOBILE PHONE;

CELLULAR PHONE; CHLORINE; GOLD; PARTICLE SIZE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 83955162867     PISSN: 03043894     EISSN: 18733336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2011.10.034     Document Type: Article

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