ICS Inter-Community School Library: Sciences: Industrial Applications of Rare Elements

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"Rare elements", "Rare earths", "Rare Metals" "iPhone", "Mobile Phones", "Smartphones"

How rare elements are used in mobile phones and the economic, political, social and environmental consequences of this?

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Websites about Industrial Applications of Rare Elements

What are 'rare earths' used for?
BBC articles on 'rare earths' and why they used for.
WHAT EXACTLY IS IN MY SMARTPHONE?
BBC's insightful article on what is made by smartphones
Key applications of rare earth elements
This research article came from Metalpedia, a non-profit about key applications of rare earth elements
The Social and Environmental Impact of Mobile Phones
This article covers the Human and the Environmental Cost of Mobile phones
OCED report on Critical Metals in Mobile Phones
This report has been prepared by ICF International. Contributing authors were: Christopher Evans, Robert (Bobby) Renz, Elizabeth (Libby) McCullough, Stephanie Lawrence, Nikita Pavlenko, Sonya Suter Adam Brundage, Jonathan Hecht, Deanna Lizas, and Paul Bailey.
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MLA - ICF International, compiler. Case Study on Critical Metals in Mobile Phones
Final Report. OECD. Organisation for Economic Co-Operation and Development,
www.oecd.org/env/waste/
Case%20Study%20on%20Critical%20Metals%20in%20Mobile%20Phones.pdf. Accessed
21 Nov. 2018.
The economics of cell phone reuse and recycling
An scholarly article on the economics of cell phone reuse and recycling based on detailed primary data collected from reverse logistics, reuse and recycling operations in 2003 in the UK and in 2006 in the US.
Rare Elements on Periodic Table
Rare Elements and their information/commercial use from Royal Society of Chemistry. on Periodic Table
The Periodic Table of iPhone Elements
the minerals in iPhone threaten both the environment and human rights.
The extraordinary metals in an iPhone 6s (INFOGRAPHIC)
What is an iPhone made of presented by Red Cloud Klondike Strike
China Consolidates Grip on Rare Earths
New York Times article by KEITH BRADSHER
Environmental Risks of Mining
An MIT article on the Environmental Damages of Mining and how mining arise and how their effects can be mitigated.
TOWARDS SUSTAINABLE RARE EARTH MINING:
A STUDY OF OCCUPATIONAL & COMMUNITY HEALTH ISSUES related to rare earth mining
Mining the consequences of the rare earths industry
Prior to the rise of rare earth mining in China, the United States dominated the world scene.

Library Databases about Industrial Applications of Rare Elements

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Science Reference Center is a comprehensive research database that provides easy access to a multitude of full text science-oriented content. This database contains full text for nearly 640 science encyclopedias, reference books, periodicals, etc. Topics covered include: biology, chemistry, earth & space science, environmental science, health & medicine, history of science, life science, physics, science & society, science as inquiry, scientists, technology and wildlife.
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