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http://dx.doi.org/10.7844/kirr.2018.27.6.23

Study on Recovery of Precious Metal (Ag, Au) from Anode Slime Produced by Electro-refining Process of Anode Copper  

Kim, Young-Am (Enco Co., Ltd.)
Park, Bo-Gun (Enco Co., Ltd.)
Park, Jae-Hun (Enco Co., Ltd.)
Hwang, Su-Hyun (Enco Co., Ltd.)
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Resources Recycling / v.27, no.6, 2018 , pp. 23-29 More about this Journal
Abstract
Recently rapid economic growth and technological development have led to an increase in the generation of waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE). As the amount of electric and electronic waste generated increases, the importance of processing waste printed circuit boards (PCB) is also increasing. Various studies have been conducted to recycle various valuable metals contained in a waste PCB in an environmentally friendly and economical manner. To get anode slime containing Ag and Au, Anode copper prepared from PCB scraps was used by means of electro-refining. Ag and Au recovery was conducted by leaching, direct reduction, and ion exchange method. In the case of silver, the anode slime was leached at 3 M $HNO_3$, 100 g/L, $70^{\circ}C$, and Ag was recovered by precipitation, alkali dissolution, and reduction method. In the case of gold, the nitrate leaching residues of the anode slime was leached at 25% aqua regia, 200 g/L, $70^{\circ}C$, and Au was recovered by pH adjustment, ion exchange resin adsorption, desorption and reduction method. The purity of the obtained Au and Ag were confirmed to be 99.99%.
Keywords
PCB; Recycling; anode copper; electro-refining; precious metal;
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