Technical News Office – The craze for smartphones is such that people get tired of their old phones soon after buying a new phone. Today, people of all ages use phones, some people need them while others have become so addicted to the phone that they can’t get away from it even for a moment. Of course, you may have been using the phone for years, but you may also be unaware that many valuable things like gold are used in the phone. You might be surprised, but it’s true. A few years ago, a report revealed that every iPhone contained silver, gold, platinum, bronze and platinum. These valuable items present in the phone will become more valuable with time.
These precious items are used in phones
An iPhone contains approximately 0.34 grams of silver, 0.034 grams of gold, 15 grams of copper, 0.015 grams of platinum and 25 grams of aluminum. Apart from plastic, glass and many other elements are used in the manufacturing of phones. The phone that you consider old and throw in a corner of the house is a very useful thing. It was also stated in the report that barely 10 percent of the valuables present in the phone can be removed. Apart from this, around 34 kg of gold, 350 kg of silver, 16 tonnes of copper and 15 kg of platinum can be extracted from 10 lakh phones.
Quantity of gold?
Removing gold from an old phone is not easy, the process is quite complicated. The amount of gold in phones is very small, so to mine a large amount of gold you would need many smartphones. It is not easy because you cannot remove gold from phone at home, only a professional can do this work.
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