Langbeschreibung
High-technology and environmental applications of the rare-earth elements (REE) have grown dramatically in diversity and importance over the past four decades. This book provides a scientific understanding of rare earth properties and uses, present and future. It also points the way to efficient recycle of the rare earths in end-of-use products and efficient use of rare earths in new products.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
1. Overview 2. Rare Earth Production, Uses and Prices 3. Rare Earths Mining and Concentrate Production 4. Rare Earth Elements Extraction from Concentrates 5. Rare Earths Purification, Separation and Precipitation and Calcination 6. Production of Rare Earth Metals and Alloys - Electrowinning 7. Metallothermic Rare Earth Metal Reduction 8. Rare earths electronic structures and trends in properties 9. Rare Earths based Catalysts 10. Rare Earths in Rechargeable Batteries 11. Rare Earths in Alloys and Metals 12. Polishing with Rare Earth Oxides mainly cerium oxide CeO2 13. Permanent magnets based on Rare Earths: Fundamentals 14. Rare Earths based Magnets: Fundamentals 15. Rare Earths based Magnets: Preparation and Uses 16. Rare Earths Luminescent Materials: Introduction 17. Rare Earths Luminescent Materials: Applications 18. Rare Earth doped Lasers and Optical Amplifiers 19. Rare Earth Recycle 20. Epilogue