What all elements is my phone made of?
from cheese_greater@lemmy.world to nostupidquestions@lemmy.ca on 09 Mar 05:21
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PointyFluff@lemmy.ml on 09 Mar 05:34 next collapse

sand, mostly.

lvxferre@mander.xyz on 09 Mar 06:50 collapse

I found a picture showing the main material of a cell phone:

<img alt="" src="https://farm1.staticflickr.com/528/32323480376_8bec63488b_b.jpg">

  • plastics are mostly carbon and hydrogen. Some also use oxygen, nitrogen, chloride.
  • copper is… well, copper.
  • glass is mostly silicon dioxide. Ceramics may vary.

So, let’s say carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, silicon, copper should be the top 5. But there’s a lot of other stuff too.

cheese_greater@lemmy.world on 09 Mar 07:03 collapse

Thats fantastic, thx much