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Bookmark or Share- What are rare earth elements, and why are they important?The rare earth elements (REE) are a set of seventeen metallic elements. These include the fifteen lanthanides on the periodic table plus scandium and yttrium. Rare earth elements are an essential part of many high-tech devices. The U.S. Geological Survey news release "Going Critical" explains:
- REE - Rare Earth Elements - Metals, Minerals, Mining, Uses - Geology.comRare Earth Elements (REE) are becoming increasingly important in electronic devices used in the defense, alternative energy, and communications industries. Minable deposits of REEs are found in only a few locations.
- Rare-earth element - WikipediaThe rare-earth elements (REE), also called the rare-earth metals or rare earths, and sometimes the lanthanides or lanthanoids (although scandium and yttrium, which do not belong to this series, are usually included as rare earths), [1] are a set of 17 nearly indistinguishable lustrous silvery-white soft heavy metals. Compounds containing rare ...
- Rare Earth ElementsRare earths are 17 chemical elements with special magnetic properties. They are pervasive across modern life and are particularly coveted for their ability to produce the world's strongest and most efficient magnets. These magnets are what enable electric motors transform energy into motion, and generators to transform motion into energy. ...
- The race to produce rare earth materials - MIT Technology ReviewObtaining rare earth elements begins with obtaining source materials, which can happen, broadly, in three ways: primary extraction, or mining directly from the earth; recovery from secondary...
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