Copper recovery and gold enrichment from waste printed circuit boards by mediated electrochemical oxidation

Journal of Hazardous Materials

Volumn 273, Issue , 2014, Pages 215-221

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

^a BABE BOLYAI UNIVERSITY   (Romania)

Author keywords

Eco friendly process; Metal electrodeposition; Metal leaching; Recycling technology; Waste printed circuit boards

Indexed keywords

COPPER; COPPER DEPOSITS; COUPLED CIRCUITS; DISSOLUTION; ELECTRIC REACTORS; ELECTROCHEMICAL OXIDATION; ENERGY UTILIZATION; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GOLD; LEACHING; PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARDS;

ECO-FRIENDLY PROCESS; METAL ELECTRODEPOSITION; METAL LEACHING; RECYCLING-TECHNOLOGY; WASTE PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD;

WASTE DISPOSAL;

COPPER; GOLD; IRON; LEAD; NICKEL; SILVER; TIN; ZINC; CHLORIDE; FERRIC CHLORIDE; FERRIC ION;

COPPER; ELECTROCHEMICAL METHOD; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENERGY USE; GOLD; LEACHING; OXIDATION; PERFORATION; WASTE TREATMENT;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; DISSOLUTION; ELECTROCHEMICAL OXIDATION; ENERGY CONSUMPTION; METAL RECOVERY; OXIDATION; OXYGEN EVOLUTION; SCALE UP; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY SPECTROMETRY; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER; ELECTROCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; ELECTRONIC WASTE; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PROCEDURES; RECYCLING;

CHLORIDES; COMPUTERS; COPPER; ELECTROCHEMICAL TECHNIQUES; ELECTRONIC WASTE; FERRIC COMPOUNDS; GOLD; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; RECYCLING;

EID: 84898686148     PISSN: 03043894     EISSN: 18733336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2014.03.043     Document Type: Article

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