Oak Ridge National Laboratory: From Trash to Treasure - Electronic Waste is Mined for Rare Earth Elements
August 14, 2019
August 14, 2019
OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, Aug. 14 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release:
Rare earth elements are the "secret sauce" of numerous advanced materials for energy, transportation, defense and communications applications. Their largest use for clean energy is in permanent magnets, which retain magnetic properties even in the absence of an inducing field or current.
Now, U.S. Department of Energy researchers ha . . .
Rare earth elements are the "secret sauce" of numerous advanced materials for energy, transportation, defense and communications applications. Their largest use for clean energy is in permanent magnets, which retain magnetic properties even in the absence of an inducing field or current.
Now, U.S. Department of Energy researchers ha . . .