Global rare earth in-use stocks in NdFeB permanent magnets

Journal of Industrial Ecology

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 836-843

  Du, Xiaoyue ^a   Graedel, T E ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dysprosium (Dy); Industrial ecology; Material flow analysis (MFA); Neodymium (Nd); Praseodymium (Pr); Terbium (Tb)

Indexed keywords

EXTRACTION RATE; HISTORICAL DATA; INDUSTRIAL ECOLOGY; MATERIAL FLOW ANALYSIS (MFA); MODERN TECHNOLOGIES; NDFEB PERMANENT MAGNET; NEODYMIUM IRON BORONS; QUANTITATIVE INFORMATION;

BORON; BORON COMPOUNDS; DYSPROSIUM; IRON COMPOUNDS; NEODYMIUM; NEODYMIUM ALLOYS; PRASEODYMIUM; RARE EARTHS; TERBIUM;

PERMANENT MAGNETS;

DATA SET; MAGNETIC PROPERTY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RARE EARTH ELEMENT; RECYCLING;

CHINA; JAPAN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 83055194618     PISSN: 10881980     EISSN: 15309290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1530-9290.2011.00362.x     Document Type: Article

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