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Environmental and technical characteristics of conductive adhesives versus soldering

 

 

Silver scarcity

Reference

Year

Demand/Production
Per year
1000 tonnes

Known reserves
1000 tonnes

Known reserves per person
kg/person

Reserve
Base
1000 tonnes

Reserves Life Index
Years

EDIP [33] 1990   770 0.15    
Boliden [30] 1998   250      
AMM [29] 1997 16.6 / 11.9        
MCS [34] 1994 13.9        
TSI [31] 1997 24.5 / 14.5 280  

420

 
Estimated
This report
1997 25 / 15-20 280 0.055  

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