Table 2 Estimated values of the potentials for selected commodities, assuming \(\alpha =10^{3}\), and based on the work84 of Calvo et al.
From: Macroeconomic dynamics in a finite world based on thermodynamic potential
Mineral | \(\mu _H\) | \(\mu _L\) |
|---|---|---|
Aluminium (gibbsite) | 0.96 | 0.88 |
Cadmium | 0.72 | \(1.1\cdot 10^{-4}\) |
Cobalt (linnaeite) | \(2.7\cdot 10^{-3}\) | \(5.1\cdot 10^{-6}\) |
Copper | 0.99 | 0.76 |
Gallium (in bauxite) | 0.99 | 0.02 |
Germanium (in zinc) | 0.44 | \(1.4\cdot 10^{-3}\) |
Gold | 0.52 | \(1.3\cdot 10^{-6}\) |
Iron ore | 0.87 | 0.75 |
Lithium | 0.44 | 0.37 |
Manganese (pyrolusite) | 0.1 | 0.05 |
Nickel (sulfides) pentlandite | 0.94 | 0.06 |
Palladium | 0.46 | \(3.9\cdot 10^{-7}\) |
Phosphate (rock) apatite | 0.99 | 0.38 |
Platinum | 0.46 | \(3.9\cdot 10^{-7}\) |
Potassium | \(6.7\cdot 10^{-3}\) | \(2\cdot 10^{-3}\) |
Silver (argentite) | 0.99 | \(1.2\cdot 10^{-5}\) |
Sodium (halite) | 0.99 | 0.53 |
Uranium | 0.44 | \(1.5\cdot 10^{-3}\) |
