Rare earths: the chemist who challenges China | EUROtoday
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Highly coveted around the globe, uncommon earths are important for medication, weapons, digital know-how and vitality. Today, China produces 95%, because of low cost labor, huge deposits and lax environmental guidelines. A younger Franco-American scientist has developed a revolutionary course of to get well europium from used neon tubes. Its technique is quicker, cleaner and extra sustainable than conventional methods, and thus contributes to the round economic system of those important metals.
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