Estimating the quantities of critical metals embedded in ICT and consumer equipment

Resources, Conservation and Recycling

Volumn 98, Issue , 2015, Pages 9-18

  Chancerel, Perrine ^a   Marwede, Max ^a   Nissen, Nils F ^b   Lang, Klaus Dieter ^a,b  

^a TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b FRAUNHOFER IZM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Critical metals; Electronic products; Recycling; Resources

Indexed keywords

DIGITAL STORAGE; ECONOMICS; ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT; ESTIMATION; GALLIUM; GOLD; INDIUM; METALS; OSCILLATORS (ELECTRONIC); PERSONAL COMPUTERS; PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARDS; PRINTED CIRCUITS; RECYCLING; SECONDARY RECOVERY; TANTALUM; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

BACKLIGHTING SYSTEMS; ECONOMIC INCENTIVE; ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT; ELECTRONIC PRODUCT; INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY; RECYCLING POTENTIAL; RESOURCES; TECHNOLOGICAL BARRIERS;

METAL RECOVERY;

COBALT; CRITICAL METAL; GALLIUM; GOLD; INDIUM; LANTHANIDE; LEAD; METAL; PALLADIUM; SILVER; TANTALUM; TIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT; HEAVY METAL; INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY; RECYCLING; TRACE METAL;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; COMPUTER; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONSUMER EQUIPMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DESKTOP COMPUTER; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; GENERAL DEVICE; GERMANY; HUMAN; INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY; LAPTOP; MOBILE PHONE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RECYCLING; SURFACE PROPERTY; TECHNOLOGY; TELEVISION;

GERMANY;

EID: 84983197037     PISSN: 09213449     EISSN: 18790658     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resconrec.2015.03.003     Document Type: Article

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