Valuable metal recovery from waste tantalum capacitors
2022-1-1 · 1. Introduction. Tantalum (Ta) is an important technology metal, which is widely used in many fields, such as electronic, mechanical, medical, etc., [].Around 30%–40% Ta is used in manufacturing tantalum capacitors (TCs), which are key components in printed circuit boards of electrical and electronic equipment (EEE) [].Along with the increasing demand of EEE, the