Oak Ridge National Laboratory: Tug-of-War Strategy Supercharges Lanthanide Separation
April 13, 2023
April 13, 2023
OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, April 13 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release:
The lanthanide metals are unique resources with applications ranging from magnets and catalysts to cancer treatments. Their future availability hangs on the creation of better strategies to separate lanthanide groups into individual elements because conventional approaches are laborious, costly and generate waste.
"Our approach is . . .
The lanthanide metals are unique resources with applications ranging from magnets and catalysts to cancer treatments. Their future availability hangs on the creation of better strategies to separate lanthanide groups into individual elements because conventional approaches are laborious, costly and generate waste.
"Our approach is . . .