Rare-Earth Metal Recovery for Green Technologies: Methods and Applications

Chapter 1. Introduction of Rare-Earth Metal Recovery for Green and Clean Energy Technologies.- Chapter 2. Mineral processing of the rare earth ores.- Chapter 3. Thermodynamic aspects for rare earth metal production.- Chapter 4. Fundamental principle and practices of solvent extraction (SX) and supported liquid membrane (SLM) process for extraction and separation of rare earth metal (s) .- Chapter 5. Recent strategies on adsorptive removal of rare earths and precious metals using low-cost natural adsorbents.- Chapter 6. Investigation on extraction and recovery of rare earth elements from secondary solid wastes.- Chapter 7. Fabrication of nanostructured materials with rare-earth elements for bioanalytical applications.- Chapter 8. Rare earths based magnetic materials: Progresses in the fabrication technologies and magnetic properties.