Recovery of Copper from Spent Copper Solution of Printed Circuit Board Process by Solvent Extraction Method

인쇄회로기판 제조과정에서 발생되는 동폐액의 용매추출에 의한 재활용

The solvent extraction method was applied on a spent solution containing copper, which was produced in a printed circuit board process, to recover copper and to reuse the etching solution. Lix 64 N ($\alpha$-Hydroxyoxime + $\beta$-Hydroxybenzophenone Oxime) was used as a solvent. The acidic spent copper solution was mixed with and alkaline copper solution to pH=2. The solvent including 30 volume% of Lix 64 N extracted 17.1gr/l of copper from the mixed spent copper solution. In the continuous bench scale experiment, 4 stages for extraction, 2 stages for stripping and 4 stages for washing were used. Recovered copper was recycled as copper sulfate and the raffinate was reused as copper etchant. The percentage of copper recovery and the purity of copper sulfate were higher than 99.9%, respectively.

인쇄회로기판(Printed Circuit Board) 생산 공정에서 발생하는 동폐액을 재활용, 재이용하기 위하여 유기 용매 추출법을 이용하였으며 유기용매로 Lix 64 N을 사용하였다. 산성인 동폐액과 염기성인 동폐액을 혼합하여 pH=2에서 부피 비율로 30%인 Lix 64 N은 17.1gr/l의 동을 추출하였다. 벤치 규모의 연속공정에서 추출단 4단, 세척단 4단, 역추출단 2단이 사용되었다. 회수된 동은 유산동으로 재활용되고 추잔액은 동부식액으로 재이용되었으며 동의 회수율과 유산동의 순도는 모두 99.9% 이상이었다.