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PLATINUM GROUP METALS CONNECT:ELECTRONICS APPLICATIONS
WHAT ARE THE PLATINUM GROUP ELEMENTS?
PLATINUM PALLADIUMRHODIUMIRIDIUMRUTHENIUMOSMIUM
USES?
PLATINUM AND RUTHENIUM ARE IN YOUR COMPUTER AND IN THE GLASS OF YOUR COMPUTER SCREEN.
PLATINUM ADDED TO THE MAGNETIC SURFACES OFDISKS IN HARD DRIVES ENHANCES STORAGE CAPACITY.
PROPORTION OF PLATINUMIN HARD DRIVES INCREASED
PLATINUM IS USED TO MAKE:
FIBERGLASSLIQUID-CRYSTAL DISPLAY (LCD) GLASS
LCD FLAT-PANEL DISPLAYSCATHODE RAY TUBES
PALLADIUM IS CONTAINED IN MOST MICROPROCESSORS ANDPRINTED CIRCUIT BOARDS.
PALLADIUM IS MOSTLY USED IN MULTI-LAYER CERAMIC (CHIP) CAPACITORS (MLCC) FOUND IN:
BROADCASTING EQUIPMENT MOBILE TELEPHONESCOMPUTERS
ELECTRONIC LIGHTING HIGH VOLTAGE CIRCUITS.
PLATINUM GROUP ELEMENTS ARE RARE AND THEREFORE RECYCLING THEM HAS BECOME INCREASINGLY IMPORTANT.
56,000 KGPLATINUM GROUP METALSWERE RECOVERED IN NORTHAMERICA
PLATINUM GROUP METALSWERE RECOVERED GLOBALLY
155,000 KG
SOURCE: US GEOLOGICAL SURVEY
SOURCE: US EPA
ELECTRONICS WERE DISCARDED IN 2009 IN THE US
2.37 MILLION TONS
33 POUNDSOF PALLADIUM CAN BE RECOVERED PER MILLION CELL PHONES
ELECTRONIC DEVICESSOLD IN 2009
438 MILLION
ELECTRONIC DEVICESWERE RECYCLED
25%
WAVELENGTH DISPERSIVE X-RAY FLUORESCENCE (WDXRF) TECHNOLOGY IS AN EFFECTIVE METHOD FOR ANALYZING RECOVERED METAL.
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