As new and innovative products with more functions, effectiveness and efficiency are introduced to the market continuously, the lifespan of existing products and equipment are becoming shorter and shorter before they are discarded. Therefore, significant amounts of electronic waste (e-waste) are mainly disposed of in the landfill. This study investigates the recycling of e-waste and recovering precious metals from computer components based on the information available in the literature. The manual dismantling, pre-processing and smelting techniques are discussed and elaborated. Among these techniques smelting/end-processes are employed to collect metals using several methods such as hydromet... More >

IECE Transactions on Advanced Functional Materials and Processing (TAFMP) offers the industry and academia breakthrough research information in the materials science and engineering field. Being a global, peer-reviewed journal, TAFMP is responsive to the increasing need for multifunctional materials and serves biomedical, aerospace, electronics, energy, sustainability and more agglomerative industries. This issue focuses on smart biomaterials, nanotechnology, additive manufacturing, and sustainable materials development. Topics cover bulk metallic glasses (BMGs), bio-nanocomposites, 3D printed AI materials, and novel fabrication and processing technologies. Moreover, the journal covers organ... More >