Sentences with phrase «metal tantalum»

In a first - of - its - kind series of computer simulations focused on metal tantalum, the team predicted that, on reaching...

Trace elements are increasingly widely used in the high - tech and medical sectors — for example, the transition metal tantalum and the semimetal germanium in electronic components, niobium and titanium in alloys and coatings, or gadolinium as a contrast medium and in luminous paints.

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Mineral Resources was coy about its plans after today announcing it has agreed to buy mining tenements, including lithium deposits, and infrastructure at the Wodgina tantalum mine, which is owned by private group Global Advanced Metals.

«Back to around the 2000 peak,» is one comment from a senior executive of NEC Tokin Corporation, a major user of tantalum, which has peculiar properties making it the best metal for switching electronic signals in small devices.

Mustang Acquires Lithium and Rare Metals Mineral Rights from Tantalum Mining Corporation of Canada

This process was studied, with both modeling and experimentation, for a single - phase tantalum - titanium alloy that was dealloyed by a copper liquid metal.

The dealloying forms two distinct phases: one enriched in tantalum that is less soluble in the copper liquid metal and the other enriched in copper.

«Tantalum is used in every electronic device there is,» says Jack Lifton, an independent consultant specializing in technology metals.

Tantalum It is a soft, grayish - blue metal with a melting point of 5,463 degrees Fahrenheit (higher than all but two other elements) and, more important, an exceptional ability to store electric charge.

Where the oxygen disappears completely, it becomes pure tantalum, a metal.

, published on the website < http://planetasustentavel.abril.com.br/noticia/ambiente/quando-recursos-minerais-se-esgotarao-648952.shtml >, based on information from the US Geological Survey, the US government agency responsible for geological research that crossed information on the annual consumption, mineral reserves available on the planet and its predictable extinction: 1) Platinum (use in surgical materials)-- Extinction by 2049; 2) Silver (use in the manufacture of mirrors and cutlery)-- Extinction in 2016; 3) Copper (use in wire and cable and air conditioning ducts)-- Extinction in 2027; 4) Antimony (use in remote controls and other materials to increase strength)-- Extinction 2020; 5) Lithium (use in cell phone batteries, laptops and video games)-- Extinction in 2053; 6) Phosphorus (use in agricultural fertilizers)-- Extinction in 2149; 7) Uranium (use for electric power generation)-- Extinction in 2026; 8) Indian (use in smartphones and tablets touch screen screens)-- Extinction in 2020; 9) Tantalum (use in cameras lenses)-- Extinction in 2027; 10) Nickel (use in metal alloy coating, electronics such as cell phones)-- Extinction in 2064; 11) Tin (use in coating metal alloys, such as those used in the soft drink cans)-- Extinction 2024; 12) Lead (use in car batteries and trucks and welds and bearings)-- Extinction in 2015; 13) Gold (use as jewelry and computer microchips)-- Extinction in 2043; 14) Zinc (use to cover alloys, preventing rust that destroy objects like coins)-- Extinction in 2041.

These minerals are processed into metals such as tin and tantalum, which are used in the manufacture of mobile phones.

And he's talking lumber; and foods of all sorts; and iron, copper, tin and the other standard metals; and specialty metals like tantalum and platinum; and «rare earths» like neodymium and lanthanum (think «Prius»); and nuclear fuels like uranium; and just about everything else.