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1 online resource |
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Front Cover; Contents; Preface to the Second Edition; Preface to the First Edition; Authors; Chapter 1: The Rare Earths; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 Discovery; 1.3 Special Characteristics; 1.3.1 Electronic Configuration; 1.3.2 Lanthanide Contraction; 1.3.3 Basicity; 1.4 Properties; 1.4.1 Melting Point; 1.4.2 Boiling Point; 1.4.3 Allotropes; 1.4.4 Resistivity; 1.4.5 Magnetic Properties; 1.4.6 Spectral Properties; 1.4.7 Mechanical Properties; 1.5 Reactivity; 1.5.1 Air/Oxygen; 1.5.2 Refractories; 1.5.3 Nitrogen; 1.5.4 Hydrogen; 1.5.5 Carbon; 1.5.6 Silicon; 1.5.7 Sulfur, Selenium, Phosphorus |
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1.5.8 Refractory Metals1.5.9 Acids and Bases; 1.5.10 Water; 1.6 Aqueous Systems; 1.6.1 Trivalent State; 1.6.2 Complexes; 1.6.3 Tetravalent State; 1.6.4 Divalent State; 1.7 Applications; 1.7.1 Metallurgy; 1.7.2 Magnets; 1.7.3 Terfenol; 1.7.4 Magnetic Refrigeration; 1.7.5 Ceramics; 1.7.6 Electronics; 1.7.7 Chemical; 1.7.8 Optical; 1.7.9 Phosphors; 1.7.10 Nuclear; 1.7.11 Hydrogen Storage; 1.7.12 Superconductor; 1.7.13 Miscellaneous; 1.8 Global Rare-Earth Demand; 1.9 Summary; Chapter 2: Resources; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 Crustal Abundance; 2.3 Minerals; 2.3.1 Bastnasite; 2.3.2 Monazite |
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2.3.3 Xenotime2.3.4 Allanite; 2.3.5 Apatite; 2.3.6 Brannerite; 2.3.7 Eudialyte; 2.3.8 Euxenite, Fergusonite, Florencite, Gadolinite, and Loparite; 2.3.9 Perovskite; 2.3.10 Pyrochlore; 2.3.11 Zircon; 2.3.12 Others; 2.3.13 Scandium Minerals; 2.3.14 Promethium; 2.4 Rare-Earth Deposits; 2.4.1 Basic Geology of REEs; 2.4.2 Distribution; 2.5 Resources and Reserves; 2.6 Occurrence; 2.6.1 Argentina; 2.6.2 Australia; 2.6.3 Bangladesh; 2.6.4 Brazil; 2.6.5 Canada; 2.6.6 China; 2.6.7 Egypt; 2.6.8 Germany; 2.6.9 Greenland; 2.6.10 India; 2.6.11 Indonesia; 2.6.12 Japan; 2.6.13 Kenya; 2.6.14 Madagascar |
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2.6.15 Malaysia2.6.16 Malawi; 2.6.17 Mozambique; 2.6.18 Myanmar; 2.6.19 New Zealand; 2.6.20 Peru; 2.6.21 South Africa; 2.6.22 Sri Lanka; 2.6.23 Sweden; 2.6.24 Taiwan; 2.6.25 Thailand; 2.6.26 Turkey; 2.6.27 United States; 2.6.28 Former Soviet Union; 2.6.29 Venezuela; 2.6.30 Vietnam; 2.6.31 Zaire; 2.7 By-Products and Coproducts; 2.8 World Rare-Earth Production; 2.8.1 Brazil; 2.8.2 India; 2.8.3 United States; 2.8.4 Australia; 2.8.5 China; 2.8.6 Former Soviet Union; 2.8.7 South Africa; 2.8.8 Canada; 2.8.9 Malaysia; 2.8.10 Thailand; 2.8.11 Sri Lanka; 2.8.12 Zaire and Madagascar |
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2.9 Scenario for the Immediate Future2.10 Summary; Chapter 3: Resource Processing; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Mining; 3.2.1 Hard-Rock Deposits; 3.2.2 Placer Deposits; 3.3 Physical Beneficiation; 3.3.1 Monazite; 3.3.2 Bastnasite; 3.3.3 Bayan Obo Ore; 3.4 Beneficiation of Other Rare-Earth Minerals; 3.5 Chemical Treatment; 3.5.1 Monazite; 3.5.2 Bastnasite; 3.5.3 Xenotime; 3.5.4 Ion-Adsorption Ore; 3.5.5 Elliot Lake Uranium Ore; 3.5.6 Gadolinite; 3.5.7 Euxenite, Fergusonite, and Samarskite; 3.5.8 Loparite and Pyrochlore; 3.5.9 Apatite; 3.6 Separation Processes; 3.6.1 Selective Oxidation |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed December 17, 2015) |
| Subject |
Rare earth metals -- Metallurgy.
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TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Metallurgy.
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Rare earth metals -- Metallurgy
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Gupta, C. K., author.
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| ISBN |
9781466576384 |
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1466576383 |
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9781523107797 |
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1523107790 |
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