Innovative Application of Mechanical Activation for Rare Earth Elements Recovering: Process Optimization and Mechanism Exploration

Scientific Reports

Volumn 6, Issue , 2016, Pages

  Tan, Quanyin ^a   Deng, Chao ^b   Li, Jinhui ^a  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Basel Convention Regional Centre for Training and Technology Transfer for Asia and the Pacific   (China)

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EID: 84956487240     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep19961     Document Type: Article

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