Zambrano Colmenares, AntonioRomero Briceño, Carlos HumbertoMoccia Paradisi, AlbertoOrta Rodríguez, Raúl EvencioLópez Sanz, José LuisDelvasto Angarita, Pedro2015-08-032015-08-032015-08-031909-0455http://hdl.handle.net/10567/1334Introduction. Used batteries are considered as dangerous substances of the technological waste kind. They contain heavy metals, which are harmful for ecosystems and health. This paper introduces a technology to process, by means of hydrometallurgy, the materials contained in used batteries from the hydride metallic type (NiMH). Objective. Value the cathodic and anodic materials from used batteries from the (Ni-MH) type, by the use of hydrometallurgical lixiviation and salts precipitation processes. Materials and Methods. A 3,7 kg batch of this kind of batteries was manually dissembled and the cathodic and anodic materials were separated and chemically analyzed. The materials were lixiviated with HCL at 14 %. The pregnant liquors, in each case, were subjected to a precipitation process with NaHCO3 , obtaining salts from the metals of interest. Results.The anode mainly contains nickel (50 % m/m), lanthanum (18 % m/m) and cobalt (6 % m/m) and the cathode mainly contains nickel (53 % m/m), cobalt (4 % m/m) and zinc (3 % m/m). The HCL solution was able to lixiviate approximately 87 % and 91% of Ni in the anodic and the cathodic materials, respectively. Finally, the process flowcharts are showed in order to establish a hydrometallurgical process route for this type of technological waste. Conclusion. It is possible to use a metallurgical process with several stages to value the metals contained in the electrode materials from Ni-MH batteries, obtaining metallic salts that can be used in several industrial processes.esCorporación Universitaria LasallistaÁrea Metropolitana del Valle de AburráBateríasResiduos peligrososReciclajeMetales pesadosArticle