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LG to Stop Using Magnesium in All Phones by 2012

Dec 6, 2010, 8:25 AM by Eric M. Zeman

LG recently announced that it will no longer use magnesium in its mobile phones. To replace it, LG will instead use Eco-magnesium, which was developed by the Korea Institute of Industrial Technology. Producing Eco-magnesium practically eliminates the sulphur hexafluoride that normally occurs when producing magnesium. This reduction in the sulphur hexafluoride biproduct will reduce greenhouse gas emission by a factor of approximately 24,000 without affecting the quality of the final product. Using Eco-Magnesium in its handsets will reduce carbon dioxide emissions by four kilograms for each LG phone made. LG plans to make the switch to Eco-magnesium by 2012.

source: Unwired View / Mobile Burn

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SlaveforTT

Dec 6, 2010, 9:41 AM

Oh NO!!!!

I heard they were going to replace Magnesium with a Flux Capacitor so we can FINALLY go back to the future! 😁

Mark_S

But Professor Brown where are we going to get the 1.21 Gigawatts needed for power??? 😉

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