platinum group metals connect: electronics applications

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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