Recycling Polymer-Rich Waste Printed Circuit Boards at High Temperatures: Recovery of Value-Added Carbon Resources

Journal of Sustainable Metallurgy

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 75-84

  Sahajwalla, V ^a   Cayumil, R ^a   Khanna, R ^a   Ikram Ul Haq, M ^a   Rajarao, R ^a   Mukherjee, P S ^b   Hill, A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b CSIR INSTITUTE OF MINERALS AND MATERIALS TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^c CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Disordered carbons; E waste; PCBs; Recycling; Thermal transformations

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CARBON; ELECTRONIC WASTE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; RECYCLING; TIMING CIRCUITS; WASTES;

CARBONACEOUS PRODUCTS; CARBONACEOUS RESIDUES; DISORDERED CARBON; HIGH TEMPERATURE TRANSFORMATION; SURFACE AREA ANALYSIS; THERMAL TRANSFORMATIONS; WASTE PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD; WASTE PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD (PCBS);

PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARDS;

EID: 84934891802     PISSN: 21993823     EISSN: 21993831     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s40831-014-0002-4     Document Type: Article

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