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Rare Earth Elements

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Rare Earth Elements

Seventeen chemically similar elements that make the strongest magnets and the brightest phosphors.

Elementares Neodym · Tobias Meints · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
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Scandium criticalA light metal that makes aluminium dramatically stronger and weldable — and which is produced…
 Rare Earth Elements 80.00metric tons · global production Chinashare not published 100%
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