Korean Journal of Materials Research (한국재료학회지)

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Melting of PCB scrap for the Extraction of Metallic Components

PCB스크랩으로부터 유가금속성분 회수를 위한 용융처리

  • Kwon Eui-Hyuk (School of Materials Science and Engineering, Inha University) ;
  • Jang Sung-Hwan (School of Materials Science and Engineering, Inha University) ;
  • Han Jeong-Whan (School of Materials Science and Engineering, Inha University) ;
  • Kim Byung-Su (Minerals and Materials Processing Division, KIGAM) ;
  • Jeong Jin-Ki (Minerals and Materials Processing Division, KIGAM) ;
  • Lee Jae-Chun (Minerals and Materials Processing Division, KIGAM)
  • Published : 2005.01.01
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Abstract

It is well known that PCB (Printed Circuit Board) is a complex mixture of various metals mixed with various types of plastics and ceramics. In this study, high temperature pyre-metallurgical process was investigated to extract valuable metallic components from the PCB scrap. For this purpose, PCB scrap was shredded and oxidized to remove plastic materials, and then, quantitative analyses were made. After the oxidation of the PCB scrap, $30.6wt\%SiO_2,\;19.3wt\%Al_2O_3\;and\;14wt{\%}CaO$ were analyzed as major oxides, and thereafter, a typical composition of $32wt\%SiO_2-20wt\%Al_2O_3-38wt{\%}CaO-10wt\%MgO$ was chosen as a basic slag system for the separation of metallic components. Moreover a size effect of crushed PCB scrap was also investigated. During experiments a high frequency induction furnace was used to melt and separate metallic components. As a result, it was found that the size of oxidized PCB scrap was needed to be less 0.9 m to make a homogeneous liquid slag and to recycle metallic components over $95\%$.

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