Leaching characteristics of heavy metals and brominated flame retardants from waste printed circuit boards

Journal of Hazardous Materials

Volumn 246-247, Issue , 2013, Pages 96-102

  Zhou, Xiaoyu ^a   Guo, Jie ^a   Lin, Kuangfei ^a   Huang, Kai ^a   Deng, Jingjing ^a  

^a EAST CHINA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Brominated flame retardant; Heavy metal; Landfill leachate; Leaching

Indexed keywords

BROMINATED FLAME RETARDANTS; BROMINATED FLAME RETARDANTS (BFRS); DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; ELECTRONIC WASTE RECYCLING; EMISSION SOURCES; LANDFILL LEACHATES; LEACHING CHARACTERISTICS; LEACHING CONCENTRATIONS; LEACHING METHODS; LEACHING RATES; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER (PBDES); REGULATORY LIMIT; SYNTHETIC PRECIPITATION LEACHING PROCEDURES; TETRABROMOBISPHENOL A; TOXICITY CHARACTERISTIC LEACHING PROCEDURES; WASTE PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD;

CADMIUM; COPPER; DESORPTION; FLAME RETARDANTS; HEAVY METALS; LEACHATE TREATMENT; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARDS;

LEACHING;

CADMIUM; COPPER; FLAME RETARDANT; GROUND WATER; HEAVY METAL; LEAD; NICKEL; ORGANIC CARBON; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER; TETRABROMOBISPHENOL A; ZINC;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DESORPTION; EMISSION; HEAVY METAL; HYDROPHOBICITY; LANDFILL; LEACHING; ORGANIC CARBON; PBDE; POLLUTANT SOURCE; RECYCLING; WASTE;

ARTICLE; BROMINATION; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; DESORPTION; ELECTRONIC WASTE; EXTRACTION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HYDROPHOBICITY; LANDFILL LEACHATE; LEACHING; OXIDATION; PARTICLE SIZE; PRECIPITATION; RECYCLING; SOXHLET EXTRACTION;

ELECTRONIC WASTE; FLAME RETARDANTS; HALOGENATED DIPHENYL ETHERS; METALS, HEAVY; POLYBROMINATED BIPHENYLS;

EID: 84871977732     PISSN: 03043894     EISSN: 18733336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2012.11.065     Document Type: Article

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