Rare Earths and the Balance Problem

Journal of Sustainable Metallurgy

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 29-38

  Binnemans, Koen ^a   Jones, Peter Tom ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Lanthanides; Permanent magnets; Rare earths; Recycling; Substitution; Thorium

Indexed keywords

NUCLEAR FUEL REPROCESSING; PERMANENT MAGNETS; RARE EARTH ELEMENTS; RECYCLING; SUBSTITUTION REACTIONS; THORIUM;

BALANCING PROBLEMS; ECONOMIC MARKETS; NATURAL ABUNDANCE; NEW APPLICATIONS; NUCLEAR FUEL CYCLES; PERFECT MATCHES; RARE EARTH ELEMENTS (REES); RARE EARTH INDUSTRY;

RARE EARTHS;

EID: 85061988804     PISSN: 21993823     EISSN: 21993831     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s40831-014-0005-1     Document Type: Article

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