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Recovery of Valuable Metal from e-Wasted Electronic Devices

폐전자부품에서 유가금속 회수기술

  • Kim, Yu-Sang (ReSEAT Program, Korea Institute of Science and Technology Information (KISTI))
  • 김유상 (한국과학기술정보연구원 ReSEAT)
  • Received : 2016.12.19
  • Accepted : 2016.12.30
  • Published : 2016.12.31
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Abstract

As expensive and valuable metals being used in electronic and semiconducting industries are abandoned as industrial wastes after use of them, it is required to recover them from e-wasted electronics parts. Gold which is used for printed circuit boards or electronic equipments, accessories, etc., is one of e-Wasted materials and recently indium, gallium, zirconium, cobalt, molybdenum and lithium are bacome valuable metals to be recovered from the e-wastes. Since the amount of precious metals is now being faced with scarcity, lean too much on area and instability of supply, and industrial demands are rapidly increasing every year, it becomes more important to recover the valuable metals from the industrial wastes. In this review, we introduced technologies and research trend of the recovery processes of valuable metals from the e-wastes in high-tech devices over the world.

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