Apart from mobile phones what other electrical devices use the mineral coltan?
Just doing some research into it. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/2036217.stm
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"coltan is the colloquial african name for columbite-tantalite, a metallic ore used to produce the elements niobium and tantalum."from wikipedia at:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/coltanniobium and tantalum are often used in electronics. since cell phones are so prevelant, the use of tantalum, for example, in cell phone capacitors raises signifcant demand for tantalum.niobium applications: see wikipedia at:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/niobiumtantalum applications: see wikipedia at:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/tantalumhope this helps! save the chimps!
