Leaching of indium from obsolete liquid crystal displays: Comparing grinding with electrical disintegration in context of LCA

Waste Management

Volumn 32, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1937-1944

  Dodbiba, Gjergj ^a   Nagai, Hiroki ^a   Wang, Li Pang ^a   Okaya, Katsunori ^a   Fujita, Toyohisa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Electrical disintegration; Grinding; Indium; LCA; LCD; Leaching

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL BURDENS; LCA; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT (LCA); PRE-TREATMENT; PURE GLASS; RECYCLING SYSTEMS; SIZE-REDUCTION;

GRINDING (MACHINING); LEACHING; LIFE CYCLE; LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAYS;

INDIUM;

INDIUM;

GRINDING; INDIUM; LEACHING; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; RECYCLING;

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER; ELECTRONICS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; GRINDING; LEACHING; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT; LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECYCLING;

ELECTRONIC WASTE; INDIUM; LIQUID CRYSTALS; RECYCLING;

EID: 84866184598     PISSN: 0956053X     EISSN: 18792456     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wasman.2012.05.016     Document Type: Article

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