The environmental impacts of electronics. Going beyond the walls of semiconductor fabs

IEEE International Symposium on Electronics and the Environment

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 159-165

  Plepys, Andrius ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR INDUSTRIAL ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Energy intensity; High grade chemicals; Life cycle assessment; Semiconductor chemicals

Indexed keywords

COMPONENT DENSITY; ENERGY INTENSITY; HIGH GRADE CHEMICALS; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT; SEMICONDUCTOR CHEMICALS;

DATA REDUCTION; ENERGY UTILIZATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; HEATING; HYDROFLUORIC ACID; INGOTS; INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; PURIFICATION; RAW MATERIALS; SILICA; THERMAL EFFECTS; VENTILATION; VLSI CIRCUITS;

SEMICONDUCTOR MATERIALS;

EID: 4444225619     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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