Assessment of the effects of the Japanese shift to lead-free solders and its impact on material substitution and environmental emissions by a dynamic material flow analysis

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 438, Issue , 2012, Pages 49-58

  Fuse, Masaaki ^a   Tsunemi, Kiyotaka ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

Author keywords

Lead; Life cycle flows; Product lifespan; Recycling; Silver

Indexed keywords

CYCLE FLOWS; DYNAMIC MATERIALS; EARLY LIFE; EFFECTIVE MEASURES; ELECTRONIC PRODUCT; ENVIRONMENTAL EMISSIONS; LEAD EMISSION; LEAD FREE ELECTRONICS; LEAD FREE SOLDERS; LIFE CYCLE STAGES; LIFE SPAN; LIFESPANS; MATERIAL FLOW ANALYSIS; MATERIAL SUBSTITUTIONS; RECYCLING PROGRAMS; SCENARIO ANALYSIS;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENTS; LEAD; LIFE CYCLE; MATERIALS; RECYCLING; SILVER; SOLDERING ALLOYS;

AIR POLLUTION;

COPPER; SILVER;

ALLOY; ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; LEAD; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; MATERIAL FLOW ANALYSIS; METALLURGY; RECYCLING; SILVER;

ANALYSIS; ARTICLE; ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT; ELECTRONICS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; JAPAN; MATERIAL FLOW ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLDERING;

CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ELECTRONICS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; JAPAN; LEAD; MODELS, ECONOMIC; SILVER;

JAPAN;

EID: 84865824374     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2012.08.017     Document Type: Article

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