Researches on Rare Earths. History and Technology

by Fathi Habashi

A selected collection of papers by the author and his co-workers on the history and extractive metallurgy of the rare earths to which an outline on the recovery of rare earths from different sources has been specially written. The position of rare earths in the Periodic Table is also discussed. Fully illustrated 125 pages in colour. ISBN 978-2-922686-15-9. Published November 2008. Price $25 + postage.

Table of Contents

    Introduction

  1. Rare Earth Metals and Their Position in the Periodic Table

    2. History

  2. The Discovery and Industrialization of the Rare Earths
  3. Robert Bunsen and the Rare Earths Industry
  4. Ytterby — An Historical Landmark
  5. Rare Earths. A Recollection
  6. History of Rare Earths on Postage Stamps

    7. Analysis

  7. Chemical Analysis of Monazite Sand
  8. Determination of the Total Lanthanides in Phosphate Rock

    9. Technology

  9. Rare Earths from Monazite Sand and Phosphate Rock
  10. The Recovery of the Lanthanides from Phosphate Rock
  11. The Recovery of Uranium and the Lanthanides from Nitrophosphate Solution Using Tertiary Amyl Alcohol
  12. Recovery of Uranium and the Lanthanides from Phosphate Rock
  13. The Hydrochloric Acid Route to Phosphate Rock
  14. Extraction of Uranium and the Lanthanides from Ca(H2PO4)2–Ca(NO3)2–H2O and Ca(H2PO4)2–CaCl2–H2O Systems
  15. The Recovery of Uranium and the Rare Earths from Phosphate Rock
 Researches on Rare Earths. History and Technology