Method for efficient recovery of high-purity polycarbonates from electronic waste

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 2425-2433

  Weeden, George S ^a   Soepriatna, Nicholas H ^a   Wang, Nien Hwa Linda ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHROMATOGRAPHY; ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT; ELECTRONIC WASTE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GASOLINE; LAND FILL; MOLECULAR WEIGHT DISTRIBUTION; RECOVERY; SOLUBILITY; SOLVENTS;

ENVIRONMENTAL HAZARDS; ESTIMATED COSTS; GRADIENT POLYMER ELUTION CHROMATOGRAPHIES; HANSEN SOLUBILITY PARAMETERS; POLYMER WASTES; SEQUENTIAL EXTRACTION; SOLUBILITY TEST; WASTE ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT;

POLYCARBONATES;

PETROLEUM; POLYCARBONATE; POLYMER; SOLVENT; POLYCARBOXYLATE CEMENT;

CARBONATE; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT; EMISSION CONTROL; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ESTIMATION METHOD; LANDFILL; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; POLYMER; RECYCLING; SOLVENT; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

ARTICLE; CHROMATOGRAPHY; ELECTRONIC WASTE; ELUTION; ENERGY COST; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GEL PERMEATION CHROMATOGRAPHY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; LIMIT OF DETECTION; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; RECYCLING; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SOLUBILITY; SOLVENT EXTRACTION; CHEMISTRY; ECONOMICS; FRACTIONATION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PROCEDURES; TEMPERATURE;

CHEMICAL FRACTIONATION; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; ELECTRONIC WASTE; POLYCARBOXYLATE CEMENT; POLYMERS; RECYCLING; SOLVENTS; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84923070948     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es5055786     Document Type: Article

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