Rare: The High-Stakes Race to Satisfy Our Need for the Scarcest Metals on Earth - Hardcover
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Language:EnglishPublisher:Prometheus BooksISBN-13:9781616149727ISBN-10:1616149728UPC:9781616149727Book Category:Science, Technology & Engineering, Political ScienceBook Subcategory:Chemistry, Materials Science, GeopoliticsBook Topic:InorganicSize:9.20 x 6.30 x 1.10 inchesWeight:1.0009Product ID:SC16D6906J
Rare: The High-Stakes Race to Satisfy Our Need for the Scarcest Metals on Earth
How will your life change when the supply of tantalum dries up? You may have never heard of this unusual metal, but without it smartphones would be instantly less omniscient, video game systems would falter, and laptops fail. Tantalum is not alone. Rhodium. Osmium. Niobium. Such refugees from the bottom of the periodic table are key components of many consumer products like cell phones, hybrid...
Language:EnglishPublisher:Prometheus BooksISBN-13:9781616149727ISBN-10:1616149728UPC:9781616149727Book Category:Science, Technology & Engineering, Political ScienceBook Subcategory:Chemistry, Materials Science, GeopoliticsBook Topic:InorganicSize:9.20 x 6.30 x 1.10 inchesWeight:1.0009Product ID:SC16D6906J
Keith Veronese holds a PhD in Chemistry and has written for Gawker Media extensively, particularly for their science site io9. He has also written for Alpha Brand Media's family of websites and in magazines published by TwoMorrows Publishing. He is the author of Plugged In: Comic Book Professionals Working in the Video Game Industry.
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