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Chinese scientists recover 98% of gold from old phones in 20 minutes at low cost
Chinese scientists have developed a rapid e-waste mining method that extracts gold in under 20 minutes at around one-third of ...
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There’s Gold Trapped in Your iPhone – And Chemists Have Found a Safe New Way to Extract It
In 2022, humans produced an estimated 62 million tonnes of electronic waste – enough to fill more than 1.5 million garbage trucks. This was up 82% from 2010 and is expected to rise to 82 million ...
New method can extract precious metals from old mobile phones, computers and home appliances in less than 20 minutes.
As the digital age accelerates, the world is facing a mounting challenge: electronic waste. Driven by rapid advancements in AI and internet-based technologies, discarded phones, laptops, and other ...
New method can extract precious metals from old mobile phones, computers and home appliances in less than 20 minutes.
ITHACA, N.Y. – A Cornell University-led research team has developed a method for extracting gold from electronics waste, then using the recovered precious metal as a catalyst for converting carbon ...
Extracting gold from ore is a poisonous business. The most common method is cyanide leaching, where cyanide salts in solution are used to suck the gold out from its ore. You get gold, but you also get ...
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