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rare earth

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rare earth
n.

rare earth,
n metallic elements used in intensifying screens. Also refers to fast-exposure roentgen-ray screen film.


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The first salt is comprised of a rare earth element nitrate, and the second salt is comprised of a rare earth element halide, and the first and second salts in combination are present in the composition in an amount effective to form a corrosion resistant coating on the metal substrate.
Its Thor Lake property in the Northwest Territories of Canada has a shot at being among the first new rare earth mines to strike its hammer and compete with existing or mothballed rare earth mines in China and Australia.
In these eight papers contributors describe designs and applications of different types of host glasses doped with rare earth ions.
 
 
 
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