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Title:

Recovery of Gold from Waste Mobile Phones and Scraps of Various Equipment

Value Proposition:

Recovery of  gold using chemical leaching process from waste

Summary Application:

Gold is a versatile metal and is used for various purposes like in jewellery, electrical and electronic equipments, dentistry, medical diagnosis, arrospace, glassmaking, etc.

Advantages:
  • Recovery of gold from scrap.
  • The solid residue can be utilized as non hazardous filling material in various applications.

Commercialization Status: Licensed awaiting commercialisation
Tech. Readiness Level:
CSIR-National Metallurgical Laboratory
CSIR-National Metallurgical Laboratory[CSIR-NML]
:  director[at]nmlindia[dot]org
:91-657-2345202
:https://www.nml.res.in
Industrial Applications: Metal Recyling [Metallurgy]
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