Extractive metallurgy of rare earths

This book describes the properties, characteristics, and uses of rare earth elements. It explains where, in what quantities, and how these elements occur in nature, as well as how they are processed from ores into marketable end materials. The second edition includes a new chapter on the recycling o...

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Main Authors Krishnamurthy, N. (Author), Gupta, C. K. (Author)
Format Electronic eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Boca Raton : CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group, [2016]
EditionSecond edition.
Subjects
Online AccessFull text
ISBN9781466576384
1466576383
9781523107797
1523107790
1466576340
9781466576346
Physical Description1 online resource

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Table of Contents:
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.