Characterisation of metals in the electronic waste of complex mixtures of end-of-life ICT products for development of cleaner recovery technology

Waste Management

Volumn 35, Issue , 2015, Pages 227-235

  Sun, Z H I ^a   Xiao, Y ^c   Sietsma, J ^a   Agterhuis, H ^b   Visser, G ^b   Yang, Y ^a  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b Business Development   (Netherlands)

^c SWINDEN TECHNOLOGY CENTRE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Characterisation; ICT waste; Metal recovery; Process design

Indexed keywords

DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT; FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; METALS; MIXTURES; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; PROCESS DESIGN; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; WASTES;

CHARACTERISATION; COMPOSITIONAL ANALYSIS; COMPOSITIONAL DISTRIBUTION; HIGH HETEROGENEITY; INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES; RECOVERY TECHNOLOGY; SAMPLE PREPARATION PROCEDURE; X RAY FLUORESCENCE SPECTROMETRY;

METAL RECOVERY;

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; DESIGN; ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT; INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY; METAL; PARTICLE SIZE; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; RECYCLING; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

ARTICLE; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT; ELECTRONIC WASTE; ENERGY CONSUMPTION; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; LEACHING; MORPHOLOGY; OXIDATION; PARTICLE SIZE; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; RECYCLING; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; THERMAL ANALYSIS; VAPORIZATION; WASTE MANAGEMENT; X RAY FLUORESCENCE; ANALYSIS; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; PROCEDURES; SPECTROMETRY; SPECTROSCOPY;

INDUSTRIAL WASTE; METAL;

CALORIMETRY, DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING; ELECTRONIC WASTE; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; METALS; PARTICLE SIZE; RECYCLING; SPECTROMETRY, X-RAY EMISSION; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

EID: 84919653970     PISSN: 0956053X     EISSN: 18792456     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wasman.2014.09.021     Document Type: Article

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