scholarly journals Erratum to: The use of thermal hydrogen decrepitation to recycle Nd-Fe-B magnets from electronic waste

2021 ◽  
Vol 57 (2) ◽  
pp. 297-297
Author(s):  
E Editorial
Keyword(s):  
Electronic Waste ◽  
Hydrogen Decrepitation ◽  
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This erratum concerns a correction in the affiliation of the original article [1] on page 415 and 424. <br><br><font color="red"><b> Link to the corrected article <u><a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.2298/JMMB200207032P">10.2298/JMMB200207032P</a></b></u>

scholarly journals The use of thermal hydrogen decrepitation to recycle Nd-Fe-B magnets from electronic waste

2020 ◽  
pp. 32-32
Author(s):  
A. Piotrowicz ◽  
S. Pietrzyk ◽  
P. Noga ◽  
Ł. Mycka
Keyword(s):  
Rare Earth ◽  
Electronic Waste ◽  
Hard Disk Drives ◽  
Protective Layer ◽  
High Tech ◽  
Disk Drives ◽  
Recycling Process ◽  
Ndfeb Magnets ◽  
Eds Analysis ◽  
Hydrogen Decrepitation

Rare earth magnets based upon neodymium-iron-boron (NdFeB) are employed in many high tech applications, including hard disk drives (HDDs). The key elements in manufacturing NdFeB magnets are rare earth elements (REEs) such as neodymium. This element has been subject to significant supply shortfalls in the recent past. Recycling of NdFeB magnets contained within waste of electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) could provide a secure and alternative supply of these materials. Various recycling approaches for the recovery of sintered NdFeB magnets have been widely explored. Hydrogen decrepitation (HD) can be used as a direct reuse approach and effective method of recycling process to turn solid sintered magnets into a demagnetised powder for further processing. In this work, sintered Nd-Fe-B magnets were processed without prior removal of the metallic protective layer using the thermal HD process as an alternative recycling method. The gas sorption analyzer have been used to determine the quantity of the hydrogen absorbed by a samples of magnets, under controlled pressure (1, 2, 3 and 4 bar) and temperature (room, 100, 300 and 400?C) conditions, using Sieverts? volumetric method. The composition and morphology of the starting and the extracted/disintegrated materials were examined by ICP, XRD and SEM-EDS analysis.

scholarly journals Sustainable roll-to-roll manufactured multi-layer smart label

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Liisa Hakola ◽  
Elina Jansson ◽  
Romain Futsch ◽  
Tuomas Happonen ◽  
Victor Thenot ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Electronic Waste ◽  
Near Field ◽  
Colour Change ◽  
Pilot Scale ◽  
Printed Antennas ◽  
Free Paper ◽  
Roll To Roll ◽  
Final Yield ◽  
Smart Label ◽  
Dark Blue

AbstractSustainability in electronics has a growing importance due to, e.g. increasing electronic waste, and global and European sustainability goals. Printing technologies and use of paper as a substrate enable manufacturing of sustainable electronic devices for emerging applications, such as the multi-layer anti-counterfeit label presented in this paper. This device consisted of electrochromic display (ECD) element, NFC (near field communication) tag and circuitry, all fully roll-to-roll (R2R) printed and assembled on plastic-free paper substrate, thus leading to a sustainable and recyclable device. Our setup uses harvested energy from HF field of a smartphone or reader, to switch an electrochromic display after rectification to prove authenticity of a product. Our novelty is in upscaling the manufacturing process to be fully printable and R2R processable in high-throughput conditions simulating industrial environment, i.e. in pilot scale. The printing workflow consisted of 11 R2R printed layers, all done in sufficient quality and registration. The printed antennas showed sheet resistance values of 32.9±1.9 mΩ/sq. The final yield was almost 1500 fully printed devices, and in R2R assembly over 1400 labels were integrated with 96.5% yield. All the assembled tags were readable with mobile phone NFC reader. The optical contrast (ΔE*) measured for the ECDs was over 15 for all the printed displays, a progressive switching time with a colour change visible in less than 5 s. The smart tag is ITO-free, plastic-free, fully printed in R2R and has a good stability over 50 cycles and reversible colour change from light to dark blue.

scholarly journals Studies on the Content of Selected Technology Critical Elements (Germanium, Tellurium and Thallium) in Electronic Waste

Materials ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (13) ◽  
pp. 3722
Author(s):  
Joanna Willner ◽  
Agnieszka Fornalczyk ◽  
Magdalena Jablonska-Czapla ◽  
Katarzyna Grygoyc ◽  
Marzena Rachwal
Keyword(s):  
Solar Cell ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Electronic Waste ◽  
Quantitative Composition ◽  
Icp Oes ◽  
Electronic Components ◽  
Critical Elements ◽  
Weee Recycling ◽  
Icp Ms ◽  
And Migration

The article draws attention to the problem of the presence of metals: germanium (Ge), tellurium (Te), thallium (Tl), and others (Cd, Ba, Co, Mn, Cr, Cu, Ni, Pb, Sr, and Zn) in selected waste of electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE). As a result of the growing demand for new technologies, the global consumption of TECs has also been increasing. Thus, the amount of metals in circulation, of which the impacts on the environment have not yet been fully understood, is constantly increasing. Due to the low content of these metals in WEEE, they are usually ignored during e-waste analyses. The main aim of this study was to determine the distribution of Ge, Te, and Tl (and other elements) in ground sieve fractions (1.0, 0.5, 0.2, and 0.1 mm) of selected electronic components (solar lamps, solar cell, LED TV screens, LCD screens, photoresistors, photodiodes, phototransistors) and to determine the possible tendency of the concentrations of these metals in fractions. This problem is particularly important because WEEE recycling processes (crushing, grinding, and even collection and transport operations) can lead to dispersion and migration of TCE pollutants into the environment. The quantitative composition of e-waste was identified and confirmed by ICP-MS, ICP-OES and SEM-EDS, and XRD analyses. It was found that Ge, Te, and Tl are concentrated in the finest fractions of ground e-waste, together with Cd and Cr, which may favor the migration of these pollutants in the form of dust during storage and processing of e-waste.

Brominated flame retardants (BFRs) in PM2.5 associated with various source sectors in southern China

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
qiqi li ◽  
Tao Wang ◽  
yuan zeng ◽  
yun fan ◽  
Shejun Chen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Flame Retardants ◽  
Southern China ◽  
Electronic Waste ◽  
Brominated Flame Retardants ◽  
Waste Recycling ◽  
Recycling Facilities

The present study investigated legacy and novel brominated flame retardants (BFRs) in atmospheric PM2.5 associated with various urban source sectors in a city and electronic waste (e-waste) recycling facilities in...

scholarly journals A preliminary assessment of physical work exposures among electronic waste workers at Agbogbloshie, Accra Ghana

2021 ◽  
Vol 82 ◽  
pp. 103096
Author(s):  
Augustine A. Acquah ◽  
Clive D'Souza ◽  
Bernard J. Martin ◽  
John Arko-Mensah ◽  
Paul K. Botwe ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Electronic Waste ◽  
Physical Work ◽  
Preliminary Assessment
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