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EPSRC Reference: GR/L17207/01
Title: TREATMENT OF ELECTRONIC SCRAP
Principal Investigator: Fray, Professor D
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Project Partners:
Alpha Metals E A Technology
Department: Materials Science & Metallurgy
Organisation: University of Cambridge
Scheme: LINK
Starts: 01 July 1997 Ends: 30 September 1999 Value (£): 108,543
EPSRC Research Topic Classifications:
Waste Minimisation
EPSRC Industrial Sector Classifications:
Electronics
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The quantity of electronic scrap will continue to grow in the foreseeable future and there is a need to be able to recycle used printed circuit boards, together with components. At the present time, various processes are such as melting in which the value of the electronic component is totally lost, removal of the components and landfilling of boards and lastly, dissolution of solder and copper and treatment of solutions to produce pure metals. The integrated approach adopted in this proposal will result in the components being separated and re-sold, the solder leached and redeposited as a solder alloy, the copper leached and deposited as copper. The shredded boards will be used as a binder in aggregate use.
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