Finding a better way to recover precious metals from electronic waste
"It's like being a metal whisperer. We make things go the way we want"
04-Mar-2021 -
Inspired by nature's work to build spiky structures in caves, engineers at Iowa State University have developed technology capable of recovering pure and precious metals from the alloys in our old phones and other electrical waste.
Using controlled applications of oxygen and relatively low ...
metals
noble metals
Oxidation