Metals Used in High Tech Are Becoming Harder to Find, Study Says

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By Yale Environment 360Mar 27, 2015, 12:20 pm42 pts
Metals critical to newer technologies such as smartphones, infrared optics, and medical imaging will likely become harder Enlarge This chart shows the criticality of 62 metals. to obtain in coming decades, according to Yale researchers, and future products need to be designed to make reclaiming and recycling…

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