Rare Earth Elements in India
Rare earth elements (REEs) are minerals that have unique magnetic, luminescent, and electrochemical properties and thus are used in many modern technologies, including consumer electronics, computers and networks, communications, health care, national defence, clean energy technologies, etc.
Characteristics of REEs
- Rare earth metals encompass a group of 17 elements, namely lanthanum, cerium, praseodymium, neodymium, promethium, samarium, europium, gadolinium, terbium, dysprosium, holmium, erbium, thulium, ytterbium, lutetium, scandium, and yttrium.
- These metals exhibit unique properties, including lustrous silvery-white appearance and soft, heavy characteristics.
- Due to their exceptional fluorescent, conductive, and magnetic attributes, they are highly valuable when combined in small quantities with more ....
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