Dissolving a cell phone (October 2010)
This cell phone was found in a trash dumpster in Palo Alto California. In this experiment I dissolved the metal components simulating the processes which happen in a landfill. The metal laden sludge is then "leached", via a gravity fed drip, onto a canvas. As the water evaporated the metal ions in the sludge oxidizes and metal oxides and hydroxides precipitate.
The metal components are dissolved using a process similar to electroplating.
Phone after it has been wired up
Experimental setup
Cell phone in water
cell phone leachate on canvas (1.5X2ft).
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