The environmental assessment of two new copper recovery processes from Waste Printed Circuit Boards

Journal of Cleaner Production

Volumn 54, Issue , 2013, Pages 264-269

  Fogarasi, Szabolcs ^a   Imre Lucaci, Florica ^a   Ilea, Petru ^a   Imre Lucaci, Árpád ^a  

^a BABE BOLYAI UNIVERSITY   (Romania)

Author keywords

Biwer Heinzle method; Copper electrowinning; Electronic waste recycling; Environmental impact assessment; Mediated dissolution

Indexed keywords

BIWER-HEINZLE METHOD; COPPER ELECTROWINNING; DIRECT ELECTROCHEMICAL OXIDATION; ELECTROCHEMICAL PROCESS; ELECTRONIC WASTE RECYCLING; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; QUANTITATIVE EVALUATION; WASTE PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD;

COPPER; DISSOLUTION; ELECTROCHEMICAL OXIDATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENTS; PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARDS; WASTE DISPOSAL;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT;

EID: 84879843676     PISSN: 09596526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2013.04.044     Document Type: Article

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