Rare Earth in Slovenia and Europe

• 作 者: Matjaz Godec
• 机 构: InstituteforMetalsandTechnology
• 出 处: China Rare Earth Information
• 发表日期: 2016年9期
• 关键词: DIFFICULTY in EXTRACTING and SEPARATING

The rare earths are not “rare” in the commonly used sense of the word; the term derives from an old form of the word rare, meaning “difficult”. In fact the 17 rare earths - the 15 lanthanides plus scandium and yttrium - are relatively abundant, with the m