Waste Printed Circuit Board (PCB) Recycling Techniques

Springer Science and Business Media LLC - Tập 375 Số 2 - 2017
Chao Ning1, Carol Sze Ki Lin2, David Hui1, Gordon McKay3
1Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering Department, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong SAR, Hong Kong
2School of Energy and Environment, The City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, Hong Kong
3College of Science and Engineering, Hamad Bin Khalifa University, Education City, Qatar Foundation, Doha, Qatar

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