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6.8.2 What are critical materials?

Course subject(s) Module 6. Thinking in Systems

What are critical materials, and why should we care about materials criticality? David Peck explains.

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MAIN TAKEAWAYS:

  • Materials criticality is assessed along three key dimensions (or axes): supply risk, environmental implications and vulnerability to supply restriction.
  • Materials complexity has increased over the past decades, due to the development of (for instance) modern electronics. The number of critical materials tends to grow as their use increases.
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