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PODCAST - Julie Klinger on China’s rare earth frontier

An interesting podcast talks about REE production in China.

21:30: How China’s near-monopoly on rare earths came to be

32:49: Mining and environmental degradation

45:32: China’s decision to slow down rare earth production and its consequences



The Rare Earth Elements by the British Geological Survey

A report produced by the Natural Environmental Research Council of Britain. It talks every aspects of REE, such as chemistry, extraction, trading in the UK


Rare Earth Elements

Wikipedia has pictures of each rare earth elements and a brief introduction of REEs



Rare earth elements

A brief introduction of REE, including periodic table and uses of REE made by the royal society of chemistry


Separation of Rare Earth Elements by Charles James

A brief history of the discovery of REE by Charles James by American Chemical Society


Rare Earth Element (Overview)

An encyclopedia about REE. This website includes the electronic structure and ionic radius, separation chemistry (Ion exchange, solvent extraction), the chemical process the prepare the REE metals, the properties of the metals (crystal structures, electrical properties...), compounds of REE, nuclear properties, and toxicity of REE


The History and Future of Rare Earth Elements

A brief history, discovery, and future of REE, including periodic table and a short video about REE mining by the Science History Institute

Mon 28 Feb 2022, 09:10 | Tags: Chemistry, Periodic Table, History of Rare Earth Elements

Rare Earth Elements

Introduction of REE in the periodic table and a brief introduction of where they come from (with interesting videos and graphs).

Mon 28 Feb 2022, 09:08 | Tags: Chemistry, Periodic Table, History of Rare Earth Elements