"2. Rare earth products toward the high purity, composite,...

"2. Rare earth products toward the high purity, composite, ultra-fine direction

　　The role of rare earth in the field of high technology only in the highly purified, its various physical and chemical properties can be fully realized. Such as luminescent materials, laser materials, optoelectronic materials such as the requirements of rare earth purity 5N above; non-rare earth impurity content requirements become increasingly low, such as Fe, Cu, Ni, Pb and other heavy metal content requirements less than 1 × 10-6. Therefore, high purity will continue to be a future development of rare earth products.

　　The development of new rare earth materials rely on rare earth and other compounds through a series of processes to form composite rare earth materials, composite is rare earth compound product trends.

　　Rare earth compound particle size will affect the quality of the application of materials, because with the particle size decreases, the specific surface area also will increase, surface activity improved, rare earth function will be more fully play. Superfine can promote the acceleration of the physical and chemical reactions, the adhesion between the particles increased. The refinement of rare earth compounds is not only a complex, high-tech research, but also an important means to improve the economic value of rare earth compounds.

　　In addition to rare earth compounds of the specific surface area, crystal, morphology, specific gravity, also put forward special requirements.

　　3. With independent intellectual property rights of the preparation process and technology will emerge

　　Over the years, rare earth enterprises due to the special nature of the industry, high profit margins, the threshold is low, the domestic rare earth compound common problem of lack of originality, has been on the preparation of rare earth intellectual property protection is not enough infringement and infringement is very serious , Resulting in the lack of core competitiveness of manufacturing enterprises, with China's accession to WTO, this situation will change in the next few years, the rare earth enterprises and research units will be in the field of rare earth compound preparation increased investment, can be expected with a large number of autonomous Intellectual property rights of rare earth compound preparation technology and technology will emerge."

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Sheeesh, AL has Mike Vaisey & three research chemists vs China, better hope one's called George.

But she does have the uniqueness of Mt Weld, low fluorine levels one advantage of note.