Case Western Reserve University's Lydia Kisley Receives Prestigious U.S. Department of Energy 'Early Career Award' for Groundbreaking Research in Microscopy of Rare-Earth Element Separations
October 04, 2024
October 04, 2024
CLEVELAND, Ohio, Oct. 4 (TNSres) -- Case Western Reserve University issued the following news release:
Obtaining rare-earth elements (REEs)--ranging from terbium to lithium--involves soaking chemical compounds in vats of kerosene to separate the atoms. It's messy and expensive, and because of safety and biological concerns, the United States depends on other countries to extract rare-earth elements from mined ores or recycled materials.
But scientists at Case Western Re . . .
Obtaining rare-earth elements (REEs)--ranging from terbium to lithium--involves soaking chemical compounds in vats of kerosene to separate the atoms. It's messy and expensive, and because of safety and biological concerns, the United States depends on other countries to extract rare-earth elements from mined ores or recycled materials.
But scientists at Case Western Re . . .