Selective Recovery of Tin from Electronic Waste Materials Completed with Carbothermic Reduction of Tin (IV) Oxide with Sodium Sulfite
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Results and Discussion
2.1. The Effect of Temperature and the Amount of Sodium Sulfite
2.2. Kinetic Studies
2.3. The Proposed Mechanism of the Smelting Process
2.4. The Effect of the Presence of Lead
3. Materials and Methods
3.1. Chemicals
3.2. Instrumentation
3.3. Smelting Process
3.4. Chemical Analysis
3.5. Experimental Data Analysis
4. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Reducing Agent (Temperature [°C]) | Tin Recovery [%] | Reference |
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C graphite/CO (1000) | 100 | 10 |
H2 (1300) | 100 | 11 |
CH4 (1473) | 100 | 12 |
C charcoal/Na2CO3-NaNO3 (1000) | 95 | 13 |
Ar-balanced CH4 (1000) | 80 | 14 |
C charcoal/Na2SO3 (1050) | 98 | This work |
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Hyk, W.; Kitka, K. Selective Recovery of Tin from Electronic Waste Materials Completed with Carbothermic Reduction of Tin (IV) Oxide with Sodium Sulfite. Recycling 2024, 9, 54. https://doi.org/10.3390/recycling9040054
Hyk W, Kitka K. Selective Recovery of Tin from Electronic Waste Materials Completed with Carbothermic Reduction of Tin (IV) Oxide with Sodium Sulfite. Recycling. 2024; 9(4):54. https://doi.org/10.3390/recycling9040054
Chicago/Turabian StyleHyk, Wojciech, and Konrad Kitka. 2024. "Selective Recovery of Tin from Electronic Waste Materials Completed with Carbothermic Reduction of Tin (IV) Oxide with Sodium Sulfite" Recycling 9, no. 4: 54. https://doi.org/10.3390/recycling9040054