Recovery of rare earth elements in fluorescent lamps

• Grant number: 19/15860-1
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Scientific Initiation
• Start date: December 01, 2019
• End date: December 31, 2021
• Field of knowledge: Physical Sciences and Mathematics - Chemistry - Inorganic Chemistry
• Principal Investigator: Osvaldo Antonio Serra
• Grantee: Mayrla Fernanda Vieira
• Host Institution: Faculdade de Filosofia, Ciências e Letras de Ribeirão Preto (FFCLRP). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Ribeirão Preto , SP, Brazil

Abstract

Recovery of rare earth elements (RE) in exhausted fluorescent lamps using non-aggressive and environmentally sustainable methods to recover RE present in the phosphoric powder of the lamps followed by some separation and purification steps.