A Cleaner Process for Selective Recovery of Valuable Metals from Electronic Waste of Complex Mixtures of End-of-Life Electronic Products

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 49, Issue 13, 2015, Pages 7981-7988

  Sun, Zhi ^a   Xiao, Y ^c   Sietsma, J ^a   Agterhuis, H ^b   Yang, Y ^a  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b Business Development   (Netherlands)

^c SWINDEN TECHNOLOGY CENTRE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COPPER; EFFICIENCY; ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT; LEACHING; METALS; MIXTURES; PRECIOUS METALS; RECOVERY; WASTES;

ELECTRODEPOSITION PROCESS; END-OF-LIFE ELECTRONIC PRODUCTS; ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS; EXTRACTION SELECTIVITY; HYDROMETALLURGICAL PROCESS; PHYSIO-CHEMICAL PROPERTIES; PROCESSED INFORMATION; RECOVERY EFFICIENCY;

METAL RECOVERY;

ALUMINUM; AMINE; AMMONIA; AMMONIUM SULFATE; CHROMIUM; COPPER; COPPER OXIDE; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; GOLD; IRON; LEAD; METAL DERIVATIVE; NICKEL; OXYGEN; SILVER; SULFURIC ACID; TIN; ZINC; METAL; SOLUTION AND SOLUBILITY;

CLEANER PRODUCTION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT; EUROPEAN UNION; EXTRACTION METHOD; INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY; LEACHING; METAL; METALLURGY; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; RECOVERY; RECYCLING; SOLID WASTE;

ARTICLE; COMPLEX FORMATION; ELECTRONIC WASTE; ELECTRONICS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; LEACHING; PARTICLE SIZE; REACTION ANALYSIS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; ANALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; ELECTRODE; ELECTROPLATING INDUSTRY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PH; PROCEDURES; RECYCLING; SOLUTION AND SOLUBILITY;

AMMONIA; COPPER; ELECTRODES; ELECTRONIC WASTE; ELECTRONICS; ELECTROPLATING; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; METALS; RECYCLING; SOLUTIONS; SULFURIC ACIDS;

EID: 84936818413     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.5b01023     Document Type: Article

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