Rare Earth Elements A New Approach to the Nexus of Supply, Demand and Use: Exemplified along the Use of Neodymium in Permanent Magnets /

• Main Author: Zepf, Volker. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
• Series: Springer Theses, Recognizing Outstanding Ph.D. Research,
• Subjects: Geography.; Mines and mineral resources.; Materials.; Earth Sciences.; Mineral Resources.; Economic Geography.; Emerging Markets/Globalization.; Metallic Materials.
• Online Access: https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-35458-8

This thesis deals with Rare Earth Elements (REE), especially with neodymium used in permanent magnets, from a very scientific basis by providing basic research data. Despite the fact that REE are newsworthy and very important elements for a considerable bandwidth of todays technologies, accompanied...

Table of Contents:

• Rare Earth Elements (REE)  what and where they are
• The way to the Chinese predominance  a key for understanding the REE issue
• Numbers about Rare Earth Elements in the (scientific) literature
• Rare Earth Elements in the magnets application field
• Scales and Relations: analysis of REPM use with emphasis on the years from 2000  2010
• The geography of the REE.