A material known as dysprosium, used in magnets for wind turbines and electric vehicles, is particularly important to the clean-technology sector. From Wordnik.com. [U.S.: Rare-Earth Supplies Face Possible Disruptions] Reference
Department of Energy study recently warned of short-term supply disruptions for elements such as dysprosium and neodymium needed to make wind turbines and electric cars. From Wordnik.com. [China's Rare-Earth Exports Slide, Still Bust Quota] Reference
HREE, such as dysprosium and terbium, is estimated at 8% and 6% respectively. From Wordnik.com. [Latest News - Yahoo!7 News] Reference
"heavy" elements such as dysprosium, terbium and europium are more in focus for Canadian mining companies. From Wordnik.com. [Thestar.com - Home Page] Reference
China has a rough monopoly on lanthanum, terbium, neodymium and dysprosium. From Wordnik.com. [Cheeseburger Gothic » Oily spin off topic.] Reference
Amygdala explains why you might want to care about dysprosium, terbium, and neodymium. From Wordnik.com. [Discourse.net: I'll Have Mine Rare] Reference
Supplies of dysprosium are also among the most threatened, the Energy Department said. From Wordnik.com. [U.S.: Rare-Earth Supplies Face Possible Disruptions] Reference
Today China produces over 99 percent of dysprosium and terbium and 95 percent of neodymium. From Wordnik.com. [Alex Pasternack: Could China Hold the World's Clean Technology Hostage?] Reference
Neodymium, dysprosium and terbium are members of a class of elements called “rare earth metals”. From Wordnik.com. [One Step Toward Energy Independence (And Three Steps Back) | RedState] Reference
About 100 tonnes of dysprosium are produced worldwide each year, with 99% of that total produced in China. From Wordnik.com. [One Step Toward Energy Independence (And Three Steps Back) | RedState] Reference
The two transuranium elements most recently discovered, berkelium and californium, correspond to terbium and dysprosium in the lanthanides. From Wordnik.com. [Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1951 - Presentation Speech] Reference
China mines more than 99 percent of the world's dysprosium and terbium. From Wordnik.com. [NYT > Home Page] Reference
The interest in platinum, palladium and dysprosium is somewhat similar. From Wordnik.com. [USATODAY.com News] Reference
Without dysprosium, the Prius is dead, and the Volt is deader than dead. From Wordnik.com. [The Truth About Cars] Reference
The magnetic properties of dysprosium alloys make them useful in CD players. From Wordnik.com. [Home | Mail Online] Reference
The Prius also incorporates neodymium, praseodymium, dysprosium and terbium. From Wordnik.com. [Livescience.com] Reference
The missile gap of the 60's is nothing compared to the looming dysprosium gap. From Wordnik.com. [The Truth About Cars] Reference
Rare earths are 17 chemically similar elements, including neodymium and dysprosium. From Wordnik.com. [Rare Earth Curbs May Prove Windfall for Molycorp, Lynas as Prices Surge - Bloomberg] Reference
Second, although deposits of the heavy rare earths (especially neodymium and dysprosium). From Wordnik.com. [Rare-Earth Hysteria? -- Seeking Alpha] Reference
Demand growth for neodymium and dysprosium may be about 15 to 20 per cent per annum, Damien. From Wordnik.com. [Thestar.com - Home Page] Reference
"China said supplies of dysprosium and terbium, minerals needed to make hybrid cars," writes. From Wordnik.com. [The Truth About Cars] Reference
Small mines producing heavy rare earths like dysprosium and terbium still operate on nearby hills. From Wordnik.com. [NYT > Home Page] Reference
When it comes to dysprosium and terbium, China is in a much better position, called a quasi-monopoly. From Wordnik.com. [The Truth About Cars] Reference
The critical period will have begun when and if China suspends exports of the HREEs, dysprosium and terbium. From Wordnik.com. [Peak Energy] Reference
Particularly in demand are oxides like dysprosium, terbium and neodymium, which are used in permanent magnets. From Wordnik.com. [The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed] Reference
'The dysprosium atoms can also eat through the nanotube walls, effectively dividing a tube in two,' adds Harris. From Wordnik.com. [Latest Articles] Reference
'The breaking of the carbon bonds of the fullerene and nanotube are catalysed by the dysprosium,' says Khlobystov. From Wordnik.com. [Latest Articles] Reference
The mine, located in northern Canada, has a low total concentration, but is rich in valuable dysprosium and terbium. From Wordnik.com. [Moneycontrol Top Headlines] Reference
The technique revolves around recovering dysprosium and neodymium from liquids via a fused-salt electrolysis method. From Wordnik.com. [Getting Around China's Rare Earth Monopoly -- Seeking Alpha] Reference
Metal rods containing dysprosium are also used in nuclear reactors to control the rate at which neutrons are available. From Wordnik.com. [Home | Mail Online] Reference
I don't mean that they're running over with it; whereas, in Molycorp, basically, dysprosium and terbium are non-existent. From Wordnik.com. [SeekingAlpha.com: Home Page] Reference
Within them, the gyrating and magnetic holium or dysprosium ions sit at the corners of four-sided pyramids, or tetrahedra. From Wordnik.com. [Recently Uploaded Slideshows] Reference
The researchers watched as the dysprosium atoms began to chew away at the wall of the fullerene cage, eventually escaping. From Wordnik.com. [Latest Articles] Reference
Over a short period of time the fullerene cages fuse as the carbon-carbon bonds break in the presence of the dysprosium atom. From Wordnik.com. [Latest Articles] Reference
Showa Denko KK in May opened a plant in Vietnam to begin recycling dysprosium and didymium metal used to make magnetic alloys. From Wordnik.com. [Hitachi Leads Rare Earth Recycling Efforts as China Cuts Access to Supply - Bloomberg] Reference
Many superconductors use yttrium, and even simple wind turbines need dysprosium and terbium to store energy, among other things. From Wordnik.com. [Slate Magazine] Reference
China has-as does Diamond Creek and Lemhi Pass-two heavy rare earths that are in particularly short supply: dysprosium and terbium. From Wordnik.com. [The Earth Times Online Newspaper] Reference
A single atom of dysprosium is encapsulated within C82 fullerenes, which line up in a chain when inserted into the carbon nanotubes. From Wordnik.com. [Latest Articles] Reference
The elements needed for high-strength permanent REE magnets include neodymium, praseodymium, dysprosium and terbium; prices were quoted by. From Wordnik.com. [Rare Element files Preliminary Economic Assessment of the Bear Lodge Rare Earth Elements Project - Yahoo! Finance] Reference
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