Characterization of Pre-1957 Avionic Scrap for Resource Recovery

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• Personal Author:
  Ambrose, Fred ; Dunning BW Jr.
• Description:
  This paper describes studies conducted by the Bureau of Mines to achieve its goal of developing methods for increased recovery and utilization of valuable constituents in a wide variety of domestic and industrial wastes. In this particular study, 36 units of obsolete electronic equipment from military aircraft were disassembled into their modular components by hand to determine materials distribution. Further modular disassembly into individual parts was used to identify metal composition. After identifying the metals in some of the more difficult to dismantle modules, similar modules were grouped together, shredded, mechanically separated, and using metal composition data from hand separation, classified along with the hand-separated materials. Although this equipment is normally classified as low-value iron-bearing aluminum, data were obtained that indicated the potential for moderately higher value classification. The electronic units were classified as to precious metals, copper, iron, and aluminum contents, and scrap values were estimated. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Aluminum Compounds Copper Ferrous Compounds Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Aluminum; Avionics; Copper; Iron; Materials recovery; Metal scrap; Precious metals; Salvage
• Series:
  Mining Publications
• Subseries:
  Report of Investigations
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Conference Publications ; Case Report
• Place as Subject:
  Maryland ; OSHA Region 3
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  AVRC - Avondale Research Center
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1-20
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:10006940
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB81-181646
• Citation:
  Avondale, MD: U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Mines, RI 8499, 1980 Jan; :1-20
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1980
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Source Full Name:
  Avondale, MD: U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Mines, RI 8499
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:9ec5caa9d6c069b2948bf0a134f41a07343b40718c42555802df28d7ab0cfb97829638075e15abad296fd160263dabcc5eca370a74897a19b9f1d9588e7a12e6
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/237145/cdc_237145_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 7.01 MB ]