Recycling as a strategy against rare earth element criticality: A systemic evaluation of the potential yield of NdFeB magnet recycling

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 47, Issue 18, 2013, Pages 10129-10136

  Rademaker, Jelle H ^a   Kleijn, Rene ^b   Yang, Yongxiang ^c  

^a De Groene Grachten   (Netherlands)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HARD DISK DRIVES; ND-FE-B MAGNETS; OECD COUNTRIES; POLICY MAKERS; RARE EARTH ELEMENTS (REES); RECYCLING TECHNOLOGY; SUPPLY CRISIS; SUPPLY SECURITY;

NEODYMIUM; PERMANENT MAGNETS; PERSONAL COMPUTERS;

RECYCLING;

DYSPROSIUM; LANTHANIDE; METAL; NEODYMIUM;

INFRASTRUCTURE; NEODYMIUM; OECD; POLICY MAKING; RARE EARTH ELEMENT; RECYCLING; WIND TURBINE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL PARAMETERS; CLIMATE CHANGE; MAGNET; MICROCOMPUTER; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RECYCLING; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WIND;

CHINA;

CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; DYSPROSIUM; MAGNETS; NEODYMIUM; RECYCLING; WASTE PRODUCTS;

EID: 84884273808     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es305007w     Document Type: Article

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