Yttrium recovery from primary and secondary sources: A review of main hydrometallurgical processes

Waste Management

Volumn 34, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 1237-1250

  Innocenzi, Valentina ^a   De Michelis, Ida ^a   Kopacek, Bernd ^b   Vegliò, Francesco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF L'AQUILA   (Italy)

^b Austrian Society for System Engineering and Automation   (Austria)

Author keywords

CRTs; Lamps; Ores; WEEE; Yttrium recovery

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC LAMPS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; HYDROMETALLURGY; LIGHTING; ORE TREATMENT; ORES; RECYCLING; WASTE DISPOSAL; ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGY; EXTRACTION; RECOVERY; SECONDARY RECOVERY; YTTRIUM;

CONTAMINATED SOLUTIONS; CRTS; HIGH-TECH PRODUCTS; HYDROMETALLURGICAL PROCESS; HYDROMETALLURGICAL TECHNOLOGY; SECONDARY SOURCES; WEEE; YTTRIUM RECOVERY;

EXTRACTION; YTTRIUM ALLOYS;

YTTRIUM; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; SOLID WASTE; WASTE WATER;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; EXTRACTION METHOD; METALLURGY; ORE DEPOSIT; RARE EARTH ELEMENT; RECOVERY; RESOURCE SCARCITY; WASTE TREATMENT; YTTRIUM; RECYCLING; WASTE DISPOSAL;

ABSORPTION; ACID PRECIPITATION; DISSOLUTION; ELECTRONIC WASTE; HAZARDOUS WASTE; HYDROMETALLURGY; LEACHING; MELTING POINT; METAL EXTRACTION; METAL RECOVERY; METALLURGY; ORE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SOIL; SOIL INFILTRATION; SOLVENT EXTRACTION; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; BIOSORPTION; CONTAMINATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; EXTRACTION; PRECIPITATION; RECYCLING; WASTE COMPONENT REMOVAL; WASTE WATER; ANALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; SOLID WASTE; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

ELECTRONIC WASTE; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; RECYCLING; SOLID WASTE; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WASTE WATER; YTTRIUM;

EID: 84901997933     PISSN: 0956053X     EISSN: 18792456     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wasman.2014.02.010     Document Type: Review

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