U.S. legislators recently set in motion a bipartisan bill whose objective is to reduce America’s dependence on rare earth elements that China provides for the country. These rare earth elements include erbium (Er), cerium (Ce), europium (Eu), dysprosium (Dy), gadolinium (Gd), praseodymium (Pr), lanthanum (La), holmium (Ho), lutetium (Lu), neodymium (Nd), promethium (Pm), scandium (Sc), terbium (Tb), samarium (Sm), ytterbium (Yb), yttrium (Y) and thulium (Tm). They are commonly found in minerals that contain thorium (Th) and less often, uranium (U).
These elements are used in many gadgets and equipment, such as rechargeable batteries for hybrid and electric cars, computers, advanced ceramics, DVD players, lasers, wind turbines, super conductors, fiber optics and many more. This makes these elements to be crucial to many…
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