Metals recovering from waste printed circuit boards (WPCBs) using molten salts

Journal of Hazardous Materials

Volumn 213-214, Issue , 2012, Pages 485-490

  Flandinet, L ^a   Tedjar, F ^a,b   Ghetta, V ^c   Fouletier, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE SAVOIE   (France)

^b RECUPYL SA   (France)

^c GRENOBLE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (France)

Author keywords

Electronic waste; Metal recovery; Molten hydroxide; PCB; Recycling technology; WEEE

Indexed keywords

ELECTRONIC WASTE; ENVIRONMENTALLY-FRIENDLY; EUROPEAN DIRECTIVE; FUEL GAS; MATERIAL RECOVERY; METALLIC FRACTION; MOLTEN HYDROXIDE; MOLTEN SALT; PROCESS GAS; RECYCLING TECHNOLOGY; RECYCLING WASTES; RESOURCE CONSERVATION; WASTE ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT; WASTE PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD; WEEE;

CARBON MONOXIDE; CONSERVATION; ELASTOMERS; FUSED SALTS; GLASS; HYDROGEN; METAL RECOVERY; NATURAL RESOURCES; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; PRECIOUS METALS; RECYCLING; SYNTHESIS GAS;

PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARDS;

CARBON MONOXIDE; COPPER; GLASS; HALOGEN; OXIDE; PLASTIC; POTASSIUM HYDROXIDE; SODIUM HYDROXIDE;

ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT; ENERGY BALANCE; EUROPEAN UNION; GLASS; HAZARDOUS WASTE; LITERATURE REVIEW; PCB; PLASTIC; RECYCLING; SALT;

ARTICLE; ELECTRONIC WASTE; GREEN CHEMISTRY; RECYCLING; WASTE PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD;

CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON MONOXIDE; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ELECTRONIC WASTE; EUROPEAN UNION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; HALOGENS; HYDROXIDES; INDICATORS AND REAGENTS; METALS; MICROCOMPUTERS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; POTASSIUM COMPOUNDS; RECYCLING; SALTS; SODIUM HYDROXIDE; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 84858332349     PISSN: 03043894     EISSN: 18733336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2012.02.037     Document Type: Article

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