Characterisation of rare earth elements in waste printed circuit boards (WPCBs) and their bioleaching potential
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Gonzalez Baez, A., Pantoja Munoz, L., Garelick, H. and Purchase, D. 2019. Characterisation of rare earth elements in waste printed circuit boards (WPCBs) and their bioleaching potential. 16th International Conference on Environmental Science and Technology. Rhodes, Greece 04 - 07 Sep 2019
Type | Conference poster |
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Title | Characterisation of rare earth elements in waste printed circuit boards (WPCBs) and their bioleaching potential |
Authors | Gonzalez Baez, A., Pantoja Munoz, L., Garelick, H. and Purchase, D. |
Abstract | Printed circuit boards (PCBs) are part of everyday items such as cellular phones and computers, and they constitute a significant proportion of e-waste. PCBs contain hazardous components but also valuable and critical materials such as copper, gold, silver and rare earth elements. Rare earth elements (REE) are crucial to modern hardware and due to their increasing demand and high supply risk, they are now considered to be amongst the most critical elements in the world. In this research, WPCBs were supplied by local recycling companies after crushing/grinding process and metal analysis of the material was carried out. The concentration of the REE and their distributions in particle sizes is determined, and the potential of WPCBs for REE bioleaching is also discussed. |
Conference | 16th International Conference on Environmental Science and Technology |
Publication dates | |
Online | 04 Sep 2019 |
Publication process dates | |
Deposited | 05 Oct 2021 |
Accepted | 13 May 2019 |
Output status | Published |
Language | English |
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