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Rare Earth Materials Challenge to National Defense: Material Scientist’s Perspective

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 August 2011

Shiva Hullavarad ,
Nilima Hullavarad  and
Joclyn Cook
Shiva Hullavarad*
Affiliation:
Advanced Materials Group, Institute of Northern Engineering, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, Alaska
Nilima Hullavarad
Affiliation:
Advanced Materials Group, Institute of Northern Engineering, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, Alaska
Joclyn Cook
Affiliation:
Advanced Materials Group, Institute of Northern Engineering, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, Alaska
*
*Corresponding author: sshullavarad@alaska.edu
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Abstract

This article provides the key technical niche that alternative rare earth metals and oxides can offer as an alternative to the ones that are under ‘Potential China Export Embargo’. The potential areas of national interest that affected by limited rare earth and the implications of such short supplies on the US businesses are discussed. The paper discusses the technology areas where US based academic and industries have an opportunity in developing the alternate rare earth materials (REM) through innovations in recycling existing rare earth (RE) metals/oxides and develop alternate solutions. Some examples are provided on how the nanotechnology research in the alternative material technologies in the rare earth metals and oxide materials significantly affect the industry trend of rare earth dependence.

Keywords

structuralpurificationphase transformation
Type
Research Article
Information
MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 1342: Symposium V – Rare-Earth Doping of Advanced Materials for Photonic Applications , 2011 , mrss11-1342-v01-01
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2011

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Undergraduate student

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