Flash Joule heating extracts rare earth elements from fly ash, bauxite residue, electronic waste
Rare earth elements are hard to get and hard to recycle, but a flash of intuition led Rice University scientists toward a possible solution.
Rare earth elements are hard to get and hard to recycle, but a flash of intuition led Rice University scientists toward a possible solution.
Materials Science
Feb 9, 2022
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North Queensland has some of Earth's largest known bauxite deposits, but their potential has largely remained locked in the ground, until now.
Environment
Aug 18, 2016
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(Phys.org) —Researchers from The University of Western Australia, working with Alcoa of Australia, are breaking new ground on finding ways to transform bauxite residue into healthy soils.
Environment
May 1, 2014
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The red, metal-laden sludge that escaped a containment pond in Hungary last week could be made less toxic with the help of carbon sequestration, says an Indiana University Bloomington geologist who has a patent pending on ...
Environment
Oct 13, 2010
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