Rare Earths—The Answer to Everything
Behrsing, Thomas, Blair, Victoria L., Jaroschik, Florian, Deacon, Glen B., and Junk, Peter C. (2024) Rare Earths—The Answer to Everything. Molecules, 29 (3). 688.
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Abstract
Rare earths, scandium, yttrium, and the fifteen lanthanoids from lanthanum to lutetium, are classified as critical metals because of their ubiquity in daily life. They are present in magnets in cars, especially electric cars; green electricity generating systems and computers; in steel manufacturing; in glass and light emission materials especially for safety lighting and lasers; in exhaust emission catalysts and supports; catalysts in artificial rubber production; in agriculture and animal husbandry; in health and especially cancer diagnosis and treatment; and in a variety of materials and electronic products essential to modern living. They have the potential to replace toxic chromates for corrosion inhibition, in magnetic refrigeration, a variety of new materials, and their role in agriculture may expand. This review examines their role in sustainability, the environment, recycling, corrosion inhibition, crop production, animal feedstocks, catalysis, health, and materials, as well as considering future uses.
| Item ID: | 82010 |
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| Item Type: | Article (Research - C1) |
| ISSN: | 1420-3049 |
| Keywords: | agriculture, catalysis, corrosion inhibitors, environment, health, materials, rare earths, recycling, sustainability |
| Copyright Information: | © 2024 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
| Funders: | Australian Research Council (ARC) |
| Projects and Grants: | ARC DP230100112 |
| Date Deposited: | 05 Mar 2024 00:11 |
| FoR Codes: | 34 CHEMICAL SCIENCES > 3402 Inorganic chemistry > 340203 F-block chemistry @ 100% |
| SEO Codes: | 28 EXPANDING KNOWLEDGE > 2801 Expanding knowledge > 280105 Expanding knowledge in the chemical sciences @ 100% |
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