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Turning E-Waste Materials into Precious Metals

Rice University demonstrates potential for urban mining using the flash Joule heating method to extract valuable metals from e-waste.

“We found a way to get the precious metals back and turn e-waste into a sustainable resource,” said Rice lab chemist, James Tour. “The toxic metals can be removed to spare the environment.”

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