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Recovery of precious metals from military electronic components

Conference ·
OSTI ID:288429
 [1]; ;
  1. New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources, Socorro, NM (United States)
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Sandia National Laboratories developed a process to identify and remove the hazardous sub-components from dismantled weapons components utilizing real-time radiography and abrasive water-jet cutting. The components were then crushed, granulated, screened, and separated into an aluminium and a precious-and-base-metals fraction using air-tables. Plastics were further cleaned for disposal as non- hazardous waste.

Research Organization:
Sandia National Labs., Albuquerque, NM (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
DOE Contract Number:
AC04-94AL85000
OSTI ID:
288429
Report Number(s):
SAND--96-1219C; CONF-9609216--1; ON: DE96010979
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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Related Subjects

32 ENERGY CONSERVATION, CONSUMPTION, AND UTILIZATION
42 ENGINEERING
45 MILITARY TECHNOLOGY, WEAPONRY, AND NATIONAL DEFENSE
ALUMINIUM
CHEMICAL COMPOSITION
COPPER
EDDY CURRENT TESTING
ELECTRIC BATTERIES
ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT
GOLD
MATERIALS RECOVERY
MILITARY EQUIPMENT
NUCLEAR WEAPONS
PALLADIUM
PLASTICS
PLATINUM
QUANTITATIVE CHEMICAL ANALYSIS
RECYCLING
SILVER
WASTE DISPOSAL