There's gold in them thar relays. (Nonferrous).Electronics recyclers who take in cellular telephone relay relay, electromechanical switch operated by a flow of electricity in one circuit and controlling the flow of electricity in another circuit. A relay consists basically of an electromagnet with a soft iron bar, called an armature, held close to it. station equipment may hold the map to a productive gold mine. As cell phones have become more commonly used for long distance calls, newer switches are being equipped with gold-coated contacts to ensure clear signals can be sent from cell phones to more distant towers and exchange stations. The trend is good news for the gold industry at a time when manufacturers of other electronic equipment have scaled back their use of precious metals Precious Metals Valuable metals such as gold, iridium, palladium, platinum, and silver. Notes: Investing in precious metals can be done either by purchasing the physical asset, or by purchasing futures contracts for the particular metal. . There are billions of the switches located in cellular switching stations throughout the U.S. Companies such as Aromat Inc., New Providence New Providence, city, United States New Providence, borough (1990 pop. 11,439), Union co., NE N.J.; settled c.1720, set off and inc. 1899. It is largely residential but has some light industry. Roses and fruit are grown there commercially. , N.J., produce millions of the switches each month to support the growing cellular infrastructure. According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. the Gold Institute, Washington Washington, town, England Washington, town (1991 pop. 48,856), Sunderland metropolitan district, NE England. Washington was designated one of the new towns in 1964 to alleviate overpopulation in the Tyneside-Wearside area. , the use of the gold-coated contacts in cell phones is one reason the use of gold in electronics in the U.S. has risen from 40 tons in 1990 to 59 tons in 1999. Despite the trend by other equipment makers to use less precious metal, globally the use of gold in electronics applications rose from 215 tons in 243 tons in 2000. |
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