Journal
THERMOCHIMICA ACTA
Volume 562, Issue -, Pages 65-69Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.tca.2013.03.012
Keywords
Recycling; Copper; Thermodynamics; Volatility; Polyvinyl chloride degradation; Char
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After Cu is separated from discarded wires, the flexible PVC wire scrap still contains detectable amounts of Cu. This residual Cu can be recovered by employing a chloride volatilization process. In this study, the chlorine contained in PVC was used to recover more than 80% of Cu as CuCl at 900 degrees C when the HCl content in the atmosphere was sufficiently high. The flexible PVC waste itself contained various metal ions from stabilizers and other additives. More than 90% of Sn and Zn could be recovered at 500 degrees C, followed by lead, together with some iron impurities at 700 degrees C, while some iron and magnesium reduced the purity of Cu recovered at 900 degrees C. Therefore, the volatilization of metal chlorides from PVC wire scrap makes it possible to separate various metals at different temperatures. (C) 2013 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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