Gallium: The backbone of the electronics industry

Minerals Engineering

Volumn 16, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 921-929

  Moskalyk, R R ^a  

^a Nordic Metall Consultants Inc   (Canada)

Author keywords

Electrometallurgy; Extractive metallurgy; Recycling; Sulphide ores

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM COMPOUNDS; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ELECTRONICS INDUSTRY; EXTRACTIVE METALLURGY; FLY ASH; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; LIGHT EMITTING DIODES; OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICES; PH EFFECTS; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; QUANTUM THEORY; RECYCLING; SEMICONDUCTING GALLIUM ARSENIDE; THERMOMETERS;

RESIDUAL RESISTIVITY RATIO (RRR); SULPHIDE ORES;

ELECTROMETALLURGY;

EID: 0347533938     PISSN: 08926875     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mineng.2003.08.003     Document Type: Article

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