A novel process for recovering indium from the liquid crystal display of the discarded cellular phones by means of vaporization at relatively low temperature

Proceedings - European Metallurgical Conference, EMC 2007

Volumn 2, Issue , 2007, Pages 611-622

  Takahashi, K ^a   Sasaki, A ^b   Dodbiba, G ^a   Sadaki, J ^a   Fujita, T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b Yokohama Metal Co   (Japan)

Author keywords

Electronic scrap; Indium; Mineral processing; Recycling; Vapourisation

Indexed keywords

CELLULAR PHONE; ELECTRONIC SCRAPS; END-OF-LIFE; INDIUM TIN OXIDE; LOW TEMPERATURES; MANUFACTURING PROCESS; MINERAL PROCESSING; VAPOURISATION; ZINC ORES;

CELLULAR TELEPHONES; LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAYS; METALLURGY; MOBILE PHONES; ORES; RECOVERY; RECYCLING; SCRAP METAL REPROCESSING; TIN; TIN OXIDES; VAPORS; ZINC ORE TREATMENT;

INDIUM;

EID: 84871492231     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (3)

1. The Mechanical Social System Foundation, A feasibility study on development of recycling system for liquid crystal displays, March, 2001, (in Japanese).
2. U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2004-1300, Mineral Commodity Profile: Indium, 2005.
3. Watanabe H., Sasaki A., Takahashi K., Miyake K., Recovery of rare indium metal from thin ITO films in scrapped cellular phones. Proceedings of the 52nd Spring Meeting of The Japan Society of Applied Physics and Related Societies, pp. 498 (30a-YA-3), (2005), in Japanese.