Evaluation of gold and silver leaching from printed circuit board of cellphones

Waste Management

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 475-482

  Petter, P M H ^a   Veit, H M ^a   Bernardes, A M ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Leaching; Mobile phones; Precious metals; Printed circuit boards; Recycling

Indexed keywords

AMMONIUM THIOSULFATE; COMMERCIAL REAGENTS; ELECTRONIC WASTE; FINAL DISPOSALS; GOLD AND SILVER; LEACHING PROCESS; PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARDS (PCB); SODIUM THIOSULFATE;

CELLULAR TELEPHONES; CYANIDES; GOLD; METALS; MOBILE DEVICES; MOBILE PHONES; NITRIC ACID; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; PRECIOUS METALS; PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARDS; RECYCLING; SILVER; SODIUM; WASTE DISPOSAL;

LEACHING;

AMMONIUM THIOSULFATE; CYANIDE; GOLD; NICKEL; NITRIC ACID; SILVER; SODIUM THIOSULFATE; THIOSULFATE; TIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CYANIDE; ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT; GOLD; NITRIC ACID; PRECIOUS METAL; RECYCLING; SILVER; THIOSULFATE; WASTE DISPOSAL;

ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ELECTRONIC WASTE; ELECTRONICS; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; EQUILIBRIUM CONSTANT; EXTRACTION; LEACHING; MOBILE PHONE; PH MEASUREMENT; PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECYCLING; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY;

LEACHING; MOBILE-PHONES; PRECIOUS METALS; PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARDS; RECYCLING;

CELLULAR PHONE; ELECTRONIC WASTE; GOLD; HYDROCHLORIC ACID; NITRIC ACID; RECYCLING; REFUSE DISPOSAL; SILVER; THIOSULFATES;

EID: 84892485109     PISSN: 0956053X     EISSN: 18792456     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wasman.2013.10.032     Document Type: Article

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