Bio-Assisted Leaching of Non-Ferrous Metals from Waste Printed Circuit Boards-Importance of Process Parameters

Vardanyan, A.; Vardanyan, N.; Aâtach, M.; Malavasi, P.; Gaydardzhiev, S. Bio-Assisted printed circuit boards (PCB); iron oxidizing bacteria; double-stage bioleaching; metal extraction; pulp density; leaching yield; General Materials Science; Metals and Alloys

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Geological, petroleum & mining engineering
Chemical engineering

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Vardanyan, Arevik ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département ArGEnCo > Traitement et recyclage des matières minérales (y compris les sols) ; Department of Microbiology, SPC "Armbiotechnology" of the National Academy of Sciences of Armenia, Yerevan, Armenia

Vardanyan, Narine

Aatach, Mohamed ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département ArGEnCo > Traitement et recyclage des matières minérales (y compris les sols) ; Department of Microbiology, SPC "Armbiotechnology" of the National Academy of Sciences of Armenia, Yerevan, Armenia

Malavasi, Pierre ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Urban and Environmental Engineering

Gaydardzhiev, Stoyan ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département ArGEnCo > Traitement et recyclage des matières minérales (y compris les sols)

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English

Title :

Bio-Assisted Leaching of Non-Ferrous Metals from Waste Printed Circuit Boards-Importance of Process Parameters

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06 December 2022

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Metals

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2075-4701

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2092

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BaCLEM project

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ERAMIN-2 Call 2019, BaCLEM project

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