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...

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Bibliographic Details

Main Author:	Veronese, Keith (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Amherst, New York : Prometheus Books, 2015.
Subjects:	Rare earths.
Online Access:	Cover image