The global anthropogenic gallium system: Determinants of demand, supply and efficiency improvements

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 49, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 5704-5712

  Løvik, Amund N ^a   Restrepo, Eliette ^a,b   Müller, Daniel B ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b SWISS FEDERAL LABORATORIES FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINA; LIGHT EMITTING DIODES; LIGHTING; NEODYMIUM ALLOYS;

EFFICIENCY IMPROVEMENT; GAN-BASED LIGHT-EMITTING DIODES; LOW-CARBON TECHNOLOGIES; MATERIAL EFFICIENCY; NDFEB PERMANENT MAGNET; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SOLID STATE LIGHTING; STATISTICAL DATAS;

EFFICIENCY;

ALUMINUM OXIDE; GALLIUM; GALLIUM ARSENIDE; ORGANOARSENIC DERIVATIVE;

ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; DEMAND-SIDE MANAGEMENT; GALLIUM; GLOBAL CHANGE; PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEM; RECYCLING;

ARTICLE; FLOW MEASUREMENT; GLOBAL ANTHROPOGENIC GALLIUM SYSTEM; INTEGRATED CIRCUIT; LIGHT EMITTING DIODE; MAGNET; PLANT; RECYCLING; WASTE; WASTE MANAGEMENT; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PROBABILITY; UNCERTAINTY;

ARSENICALS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GALLIUM; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; HUMANS; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PROBABILITY; UNCERTAINTY;

EID: 84928901968     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.5b00320     Document Type: Article

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