Material flow analysis of ndfeb magnets for denmark: A comprehensive waste flow sampling and analysis approach

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 48, Issue 20, 2014, Pages 12229-12237

  Habib, Komal ^a   Schibye, Peter Klausen ^a   Vestbø, Andreas Peter ^b   Dall, Ole ^a   Wenzel, Henrik ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b DANISH TECHNOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BORON; DYSPROSIUM; IRON; NEODYMIUM; LANTHANIDE;

ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; MAGNETIC PROPERTY; RARE EARTH ELEMENT; SAMPLING; STREAM; WASTE;

ARTICLE; DENMARK; FLOW MEASUREMENT; MAGNET; MATERIAL FLOW ANALYSIS; RECYCLING; CHEMISTRY;

DENMARK;

BORON; DENMARK; DYSPROSIUM; IRON; MAGNETS; METALS, RARE EARTH; NEODYMIUM; RECYCLING;

EID: 84908138350     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es501975y     Document Type: Article

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