Elemental compositions of over 80 cell phones

Journal of Electronic Materials

Volumn 43, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 4199-4213

  Christian, Beverley ^a   Romanov, Alexandre ^a   Romanova, Irina ^b   Turbini, Laura J ^c  

^a Materials Interconnect Lab   (Canada)

^b NutriAg Ltd   (Canada)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

cell phones; composition; Elemental composition; elements; ICP

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL ELEMENTS; METALLOIDS;

CELL PHONE; ELEMENTAL COMPOSITIONS; ELEMENTAL CONTENTS;

CELLULAR TELEPHONES;

EID: 84907711440     PISSN: 03615235     EISSN: 1543186X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11664-014-3310-3     Document Type: Article

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