Open AccessAcid Concentration: A Pre-requisite to Enhanced Metal Dissolution?
Author(s) -
K. Abubakar,
Arizu Sulaiman,
Jamilu Usman
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
science proceedings series
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2663-9467
pISSN - 2663-9459
DOI - 10.31580/sps.v2i1.1313
Subject(s) - aqua regia , leaching (pedology) , dissolution , raw material , pollutant , environmental science , hydrometallurgy , environmental chemistry , environmental pollution , pollution , metallurgy , wastewater , metal , waste management , copper , chemistry , pulp and paper industry , materials science , environmental engineering , environmental protection , ecology , biology , soil science , soil water , engineering , organic chemistry
Technological advancement over the past decade has dramatically changed with new players such as China taking lead in information-technology and telecommunication market across the world. This development has seen surge in manufacturing industry output and consequently raw materials consumed by the sector. The environmental impact is however evident due to human interference with nature. E-waste is the fastest growing waste stream posing serious risk to fauna and flora due to numerous associated pollutants. In recycling industry, hydrometallurgy is widely adopted to recover metals from e-waste. Despite growing concern over secondary pollution associated with disposal, concentrated aqua regia is widely used to extract metals from e-waste. An ultrasonic bath enhanced dilute-acid leaching method was developed to recover copper and lead from waste mobile phone PCB. Repeatability and reproducibility showed 5.3% and 5.0% with respect to Cu while 9.8% and 6.3% RSD were recorded for lead. LOD and LOQ of 0.02 µg/g and 0.064 µg/g (Cu) and 0.082 µg/g and 0.312 µg/g (Pb) revealed that the method is suitable for dissolution of target metals from PCBs. Copper concentration of 332.98 mg/g recorded inferred that dilute aqua regia as much as concentrated has promising metal extraction power and thus could replace concentrated acids.