"Know What Chemical Elements Are Inside Your Smartphone? A Good Chunk of the Periodic Table" - Polidicks

Ever wonder what that mini monolithic-shaped computer you carry around in your pocket is made of? Gallium? Check. Arsenic? Check. Lead and tin? Check and check. Good thing all that is safely housed inside and you’re not gonna eat it for lunch. Hot on the tail of Apple’s iPhone 6 announcement, the American Chemical Society has produced a video titled “What’s in your iPhone?” that delves into some of the chemical elements used to make smartphones. Check it out: This video is part of a series called Reactions that explores the chemicals of everyday life. In this episode, the video pulls information from a Compound Interest blog post on smartphone composition written a few months back. Andy Brunning, who runs the blog, does a great job describing the complex process behind modern phone manufacturing, including this nice infographic revealing exactly where all the chemical elements reside: Elements of a smartphone It’s hard to believe how many precious metals go into the electronics we use everyday. In fact, for every million cellphones processed, over 17 tons of copper along and 1/3 of a ton of silver can be recovered from e-waste, among other precious metals like gold and palladium. In light of this insatiable consumption, every few months someone comes along to predict when major resources like rare metals will run out due to our thirst for glowy gadgets. Scarce or not, rare elements are big business and have inspired the launch of a few companies interested in mining asteroids for these metals. With Apple’s report that 4 million iPhone 6 preorders were placed within the first 24 hours, you can bet that the chemistry of smartphones will only become more complex as advanced materials and technology increasingly find their ways into our hands…literally. [Image credit: Andy Brunning/Compound Interest] [editline]17th September 2014[/editline] i copied pasted that wait let me get the link [editline]17th September 2014[/editline] [url]http://singularityhub.com/2014/09/16/know-what-chemical-elements-are-inside-your-smartphone-a-good-chunk-of-the-periodic-table/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+SingularityHub+%28Singularity+Hub%29[/url] [editline]17th September 2014[/editline] tell me what your opinon or thoughts are please thank you ill be back in a hour to review your answers.

I've had the same brick of one of those generic android models for a few years now, I wish I could afford an iPhone 4 or 5, but I seriously don't get why/how some people upgrade with each new one, it literally isn't worth it. It's comparable to buying a gopro, you're not paying for the quality of the device, but you're paying for the name of it.

Lead? In my [url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Restriction_of_Hazardous_Substances_Directive]CE marked devices?![/url] Also this reminds me of the time two idiots somehow got a hold of hydrofluoric acid and threw an iphone in it (4 minutes in). [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5uZwYg4W7JE#t=239[/media]

only 2 of you replied wow how boring ok let me find something else.

not sure, but lithium in battery, right

[QUOTE=Dragoonx;46000771]only 2 of you replied wow how boring ok let me find something else.[/QUOTE] ok cool

[QUOTE=Dragoonx;46000771]only 2 of you replied wow how boring ok let me find something else.[/QUOTE] ITs only been 45 minutes, dont jump the gun here! Whats wrong with having a large portion of materials in your phone? Do you realize how many materials are in your car, tv, and shoes?

i see all these elements and i dont understand what most of them do but there's a lot of them so i'm going to shove this entire computer in my own ass and destroy all technology in my home gotta be safe!

[QUOTE=Dragoonx;46000771]only 2 of you replied wow how boring ok let me find something else.[/QUOTE] Post less sciency articles and more sensationalist clickbait hot topics like social justice if you want 7 pages and a locked thread within a day.

[QUOTE=KillerJaguar;46000985]Post less sciency articles and more sensationalist clickbait hot topics like social justice if you want 7 pages and a locked thread within a day.[/QUOTE] Why not both at once Is it really fair that the media focuses solely on lithium's role in the batteries? Why is cobalt so underrepresented Cobalt only gets paid 70% as much as lithium you know

[QUOTE=Derpmeifter;46000935]i see all these elements and i dont understand what most of them do but there's a lot of them so i'm going to shove this entire computer in my own ass and destroy all technology in my home gotta be safe![/QUOTE] That is [I]exactly[/I] how chemistry works.

[QUOTE=Cakebatyr;46000631]Lead? In my [url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Restriction_of_Hazardous_Substances_Directive]CE marked devices?![/url] Also this reminds me of the time two idiots somehow got a hold of hydrofluoric acid and threw an iphone in it (4 minutes in). [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5uZwYg4W7JE#t=239[/media][/QUOTE] Chris Hardwick is a pretty cool dude. Now I want to play around with acid..