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Separation of Sn from waste Pb-free Sn–Ag–Cu solder in hydrochloric acid solution with ferric chloride

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Title	Separation of Sn from waste Pb-free Sn–Ag–Cu solder in hydrochloric acid solution with ferric chloride

Creator	Lee, Sang-hun Yoo, Kyoungkeun Jha, Manis K Lee, Jae-chun

Subject	Waste Management

Description	A recycling process consisting of hydrochloric acid leaching with ferric chloride as an oxidant and cementation using Sn powder followed by solvent extraction was proposed to separate Sn from Pb-free solder. Leaching tests showed that the effect of HCl concentration on the leaching efficiency of Sn was negligible in 1.0–2.0 kmol ·m−3 HCl, and the efficiencywas lower at 0.5 kmol ·m−3 HCl. Higher temperature yielded higher dissolution rates of Sn and Cu in the beginning of leaching; the leaching efficiencies of Sn and Cu increased to more than 99% within 90 min, but Ag was not detected, indicating that Ag could be separated successfully from Sn and Cu. When more than 1 g of Sn powder was added to 100 ml of leach solution containing 98.1 g · m−3 Cu, Cu ions could be removed from the leach solution by the cementation reaction. In the solvent extraction test using tri-butyl phosphate (TBP) diluted with kerosene, the extraction efficiency of Sn increased with increasing TBP volume ratio in the organic phase, and 99.9% of Sn was extracted selectively by 3-time solvent extraction with 15% TBP and 1:1 O/A ratio at 30 °C.

Publisher	Elsevier

Date	2015-08

Type	Article PeerReviewed

Format	application/pdf

Identifier	http://eprints.nmlindia.org/7310/1/1-s2.0-S0304386X15300700-main.pdf Lee, Sang-hun and Yoo, Kyoungkeun and Jha, Manis K and Lee, Jae-chun (2015) Separation of Sn from waste Pb-free Sn–Ag–Cu solder in hydrochloric acid solution with ferric chloride. Hydrometallurgy, 157 (IF-2.290). pp. 184-187.

Relation	http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.hydromet.2015.08.016 http://eprints.nmlindia.org/7310/