Elemental Compositions of Over Two Dozen Cell Phones
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November 8, 2012 |
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Bev Christian, Irina Romanova, Laura Turbini |
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first published in the 2012 IPC APEX EXPO technical conference proceedings. Twenty-nine different cells phones have been disassembled, ground up, dissolved and analyzed for elemental content, mainly for information about the metals present in the phones, but also for some metalloids and non-metals. The paper will discuss the method used and propose possible sources in the telephones for certain elements of interest and the reasons for the interest in some of the elements.... |
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davef
November 10, 2012
Hi Bev. Nice paper. The logistics of doing the analysis must have been challenging. The two surprises were: * Large amount of iron * Small amount of bismuth I accept the amount of iron, but why do you suppose there is so little bismuth. None of these suppliers are using tin bismuth solder?