Rare earth metal recycling

Proceedings of the 2011 IEEE International Symposium on Sustainable Systems and Technology, ISSST 2011

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages

  Meyer, Laura ^a   Bras, Bert ^a  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Mining Industry; Rare Earth Metals; Recycling; Waste Recovery

Indexed keywords

ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY; DEFENSE TECHNOLOGIES; GREEN TECHNOLOGY; INDUSTRIAL SCALE; INDUSTRIAL SIZE; LABORATORY SCALE; RARE EARTH METALS; RECYCLING LINES; WASTE PRODUCTS; WASTE RECOVERY;

EXTRACTION; INDUSTRY; METAL RECOVERY; METALS; PROFITABILITY; RARE EARTH ELEMENTS; RECYCLING; SCANDIUM; TECHNOLOGY; URANIUM MINES; YTTRIUM;

RARE EARTHS;

EID: 79960727096     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ISSST.2011.5936890     Document Type: Conference Paper

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