TY - JOUR
T1 - Facile and Cost-Effective Approach for Copper Recovery from Waste Printed Circuit Boards via a Sequential Mechanochemical/Leaching/Recrystallization Process
AU - Liu, Kang
AU - Yang, Jiakuan
AU - Hou, Huijie
AU - Liang, Sha
AU - Chen, Ye
AU - Wang, Junxiong
AU - Liu, Bingchuan
AU - Xiao, Keke
AU - Hu, Jingping
AU - Deng, Huali
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2019 American Chemical Society.
PY - 2019/3/5
Y1 - 2019/3/5
N2 - The recovery of copper (Cu 0 ) from waste printed circuit boards (WPCBs) is a great challenge as a result of its heterogeneous structural properties, with a mixture of metals, epoxy resin, and fiberglass. In this study, a three-step sequential process, including mechanochemical processing, water leaching, and recrystallization, for Cu 0 recovery from WPCB powder is reported. Potassium persulfate (K 2 S 2 O 8 ), instead of acid/alkali reagents, was employed as the sole reagent in the cupric sulfate (CuSO 4 ) regeneration process. Complete oxidation of Cu 0 in the WPCBs to copper oxide (CuO) and CuSO 4 was first achieved during mechanochemical processing with K 2 S 2 O 8 as the solid oxidant, and the K 2 S 2 O 8 was simultaneously converted to sulfate compounds [K 3 H(SO 4 ) 2 ] via a solid-solid reaction with epoxy resin (C n H m O y ) as the hydrogen donator under mechanical force. The rapid leaching of Cu species in the forms of CuO and CuSO 4 was therefore easily realized with pure water as a nontoxic leaching reagent. The kinetics of the leaching process of Cu species was confirmed to follow the shrinking nucleus model controlled by solid-film diffusion. Finally, CuSO 4 ·5H 2 O was successfully separated by cooling crystallization of the hot saturated solution of sulfate salt [K 2 Cu(SO 4 ) 2 ·6H 2 O]. An efficient conversion of Cu 0 to CuSO 4 ·5H 2 O product, for WPCB recycling, was therefore established.
AB - The recovery of copper (Cu 0 ) from waste printed circuit boards (WPCBs) is a great challenge as a result of its heterogeneous structural properties, with a mixture of metals, epoxy resin, and fiberglass. In this study, a three-step sequential process, including mechanochemical processing, water leaching, and recrystallization, for Cu 0 recovery from WPCB powder is reported. Potassium persulfate (K 2 S 2 O 8 ), instead of acid/alkali reagents, was employed as the sole reagent in the cupric sulfate (CuSO 4 ) regeneration process. Complete oxidation of Cu 0 in the WPCBs to copper oxide (CuO) and CuSO 4 was first achieved during mechanochemical processing with K 2 S 2 O 8 as the solid oxidant, and the K 2 S 2 O 8 was simultaneously converted to sulfate compounds [K 3 H(SO 4 ) 2 ] via a solid-solid reaction with epoxy resin (C n H m O y ) as the hydrogen donator under mechanical force. The rapid leaching of Cu species in the forms of CuO and CuSO 4 was therefore easily realized with pure water as a nontoxic leaching reagent. The kinetics of the leaching process of Cu species was confirmed to follow the shrinking nucleus model controlled by solid-film diffusion. Finally, CuSO 4 ·5H 2 O was successfully separated by cooling crystallization of the hot saturated solution of sulfate salt [K 2 Cu(SO 4 ) 2 ·6H 2 O]. An efficient conversion of Cu 0 to CuSO 4 ·5H 2 O product, for WPCB recycling, was therefore established.
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U2 - 10.1021/acs.est.8b06081
DO - 10.1021/acs.est.8b06081
M3 - 文章
C2 - 30698959
AN - SCOPUS:85062101166
SN - 0013-936X
VL - 53
SP - 2748
EP - 2757
JO - Environmental Science and Technology
JF - Environmental Science and Technology
IS - 5
ER -