Recovery of tin and copper by recycling of printed circuit boards from obsolete computers

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Autor(a) principal: Castro,L. A.
Data de Publicação: 2009
Outros Autores: Martins,A. H.
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Brazilian Journal of Chemical Engineering
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Resumo: This paper presents the experimental results for the leaching of printed circuit boards (PCB) from obsolete computers for extracting and recovering tin and copper by means of leaching followed by precipitation. Printed circuit boards were dismantled, cut into small pieces, and fed into a cylinder mill. The powder obtained was leached by using the aqueous solutions 2.18N H2SO4, 2.18N H2SO4 + 3.0N HCl, 3.0N HCl, and 3.0N HCl + 1.0N HNO3. The lowest values for the percentage of metal extraction were obtained with 2.18N H2SO4 (2.7% for Sn and lower than 0.01% for Cu), while the 3.0N HCl + 1.0N HNO3 leach system exhibited an extraction of 98% for Sn and 93% for Cu. Precipitates were obtained at different pH values by neutralizing the leach liquors using NaOH. The 3.0N HCl + 1.0N HNO3 leach system presented the highest recovery values from the powder feed (84.1% for Sn and 31.9% for Cu), as well as from the leach liquor (85.8% for Sn and 34.3% for Cu).
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spelling Recovery of tin and copper by recycling of printed circuit boards from obsolete computersTinCopperRecyclingElectronic scrapHydrometallurgyThis paper presents the experimental results for the leaching of printed circuit boards (PCB) from obsolete computers for extracting and recovering tin and copper by means of leaching followed by precipitation. Printed circuit boards were dismantled, cut into small pieces, and fed into a cylinder mill. The powder obtained was leached by using the aqueous solutions 2.18N H2SO4, 2.18N H2SO4 + 3.0N HCl, 3.0N HCl, and 3.0N HCl + 1.0N HNO3. The lowest values for the percentage of metal extraction were obtained with 2.18N H2SO4 (2.7% for Sn and lower than 0.01% for Cu), while the 3.0N HCl + 1.0N HNO3 leach system exhibited an extraction of 98% for Sn and 93% for Cu. Precipitates were obtained at different pH values by neutralizing the leach liquors using NaOH. The 3.0N HCl + 1.0N HNO3 leach system presented the highest recovery values from the powder feed (84.1% for Sn and 31.9% for Cu), as well as from the leach liquor (85.8% for Sn and 34.3% for Cu).Brazilian Society of Chemical Engineering2009-12-01info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersiontext/htmlhttp://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0104-66322009000400003Brazilian Journal of Chemical Engineering v.26 n.4 2009reponame:Brazilian Journal of Chemical Engineeringinstname:Associação Brasileira de Engenharia Química (ABEQ)instacron:ABEQ10.1590/S0104-66322009000400003info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessCastro,L. A.Martins,A. H.eng2010-01-04T00:00:00Zoai:scielo:S0104-66322009000400003Revistahttps://www.scielo.br/j/bjce/https://old.scielo.br/oai/scielo-oai.phprgiudici@usp.br||rgiudici@usp.br1678-43830104-6632opendoar:2010-01-04T00:00Brazilian Journal of Chemical Engineering - Associação Brasileira de Engenharia Química (ABEQ)false
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Recovery of tin and copper by recycling of printed circuit boards from obsolete computers
title Recovery of tin and copper by recycling of printed circuit boards from obsolete computers
spellingShingle Recovery of tin and copper by recycling of printed circuit boards from obsolete computers
Castro,L. A.
Tin
Copper
Recycling
Electronic scrap
Hydrometallurgy
title_short Recovery of tin and copper by recycling of printed circuit boards from obsolete computers
title_full Recovery of tin and copper by recycling of printed circuit boards from obsolete computers
title_fullStr Recovery of tin and copper by recycling of printed circuit boards from obsolete computers
title_full_unstemmed Recovery of tin and copper by recycling of printed circuit boards from obsolete computers
title_sort Recovery of tin and copper by recycling of printed circuit boards from obsolete computers
author Castro,L. A.
author_facet Castro,L. A.
Martins,A. H.
author_role author
author2 Martins,A. H.
author2_role author
dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Castro,L. A.
Martins,A. H.
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv Tin
Copper
Recycling
Electronic scrap
Hydrometallurgy
topic Tin
Copper
Recycling
Electronic scrap
Hydrometallurgy
description This paper presents the experimental results for the leaching of printed circuit boards (PCB) from obsolete computers for extracting and recovering tin and copper by means of leaching followed by precipitation. Printed circuit boards were dismantled, cut into small pieces, and fed into a cylinder mill. The powder obtained was leached by using the aqueous solutions 2.18N H2SO4, 2.18N H2SO4 + 3.0N HCl, 3.0N HCl, and 3.0N HCl + 1.0N HNO3. The lowest values for the percentage of metal extraction were obtained with 2.18N H2SO4 (2.7% for Sn and lower than 0.01% for Cu), while the 3.0N HCl + 1.0N HNO3 leach system exhibited an extraction of 98% for Sn and 93% for Cu. Precipitates were obtained at different pH values by neutralizing the leach liquors using NaOH. The 3.0N HCl + 1.0N HNO3 leach system presented the highest recovery values from the powder feed (84.1% for Sn and 31.9% for Cu), as well as from the leach liquor (85.8% for Sn and 34.3% for Cu).
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