Disassembly properties and material characterisation of household small waste electric and electronic equipment

Waste Management

Volumn 53, Issue , 2016, Pages 225-236

  Bovea, María D ^a   Pérez Belis, Victoria ^a   Ibáñez Forés, Valeria ^a   Quemades Beltrán, Pilar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT JAUME I   (Spain)

Author keywords

Characterisation; Disassembly; Material characterisation; SWEEE

Indexed keywords

ABS RESINS; ASSEMBLY; CHARACTERIZATION; DOMESTIC APPLIANCES; ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT; HEATING; OSCILLATORS (ELECTRONIC); POLYPROPYLENES; PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARDS; PRINTED CIRCUITS; STYRENE; VACUUM APPLICATIONS;

ACRYLONITRILE BUTADIENE STYRENE; CHARACTERISATION; DISASSEMBLY; MATERIAL CHARACTERISATION; PROPERTIES AND MATERIALS; SEPARATION OF COMPONENTS; SWEEE; WASTE ELECTRIC AND ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENTS;

EQUIPMENT;

1,3 BUTADIENE; ACRYLONITRILE; PLASTIC; POLYCARBONATE; POLYPROPYLENE; STYRENE;

DOMESTIC WASTE; ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; MACHINERY; WASTE DISPOSAL;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISASSEMBLY PROPERTY; ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT; ELECTRONIC WASTE; HOUSEHOLD; INTEGRATED CIRCUIT; MATERIAL CHARACTERISATION; MECHANICS; PHYSICAL PARAMETERS; PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPAIN; WASTE COMPONENT REMOVAL; WEIGHT; PROCEDURES; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; WASTE DISPOSAL;

SPAIN;

ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES; ELECTRONIC WASTE; HOUSEHOLD ARTICLES; REFUSE DISPOSAL;

EID: 84992301277     PISSN: 0956053X     EISSN: 18792456     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wasman.2016.04.011     Document Type: Article

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