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Placid—A clean process for recycling lead from batteries

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The Placid process is a hydrometallurgical technique for recovering lead from spent battery pastes. The process, when used in combination with a pyrometallurgy process, has the potential to recover high-purity lead and offers significant environmental improvements.

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  1. International Lead-Zinc Study Group Conference, Madrid, 18-23 June 1995.

  2. Daniel Martin San Lorenzo and Gustavo Diaz Nogueira, “Hydrometallurgical Treatment of Lead Secondaries: The PLACID Process”, International Lead-Zinc Study Group Conference, Rome, June 1991.

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  1. Téchnicas Reunidas, S.A., Spain

    Gustavo Díaz B.S. (R&D director)

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  1. Gustavo Díaz B.S.
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Díaz, G., Andrews, D. Placid—A clean process for recycling lead from batteries. JOM 48, 29–31 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03221358

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