List of 17 rare earth uses

List of 17 rare earth uses
A common metaphor is that if oil is the blood of industry, rare earth is the vitamin of industry.
Rare earth is the abbreviation of a group of metals, including 17 elements such as lanthanum, cerium and praseodymium in the periodic table of chemical elements. At present, it has been widely used in electronics, petrochemical, metallurgy and many other fields. Almost every 3-5 years, scientists can find new uses of rare earths, and one of every six inventions can not do without rare earths.
China is rich in rare earth minerals, ranking first in the world in terms of reserves, production scale and exports. At the same time, China is also the only country that can provide all 17 kinds of rare earth metals, especially the medium and heavy rare earth with extremely prominent military applications. China's share is enviable.
Rare earth is a valuable strategic resource, known as "industrial monosodium glutamate" and "the mother of new materials", which is widely used in cutting-edge science and technology and military industry. According to the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, at present, rare earth permanent magnet, luminescence, hydrogen storage, catalysis and other functional materials have become indispensable raw materials for advanced equipment manufacturing, new energy, emerging industries and other high-tech industries, and are also widely used in electronics, petrochemical, metallurgy, machinery, new energy, light industry, environmental protection, agriculture, etc..
As early as 1983, Japan introduced the strategic reserve system of rare minerals, and 83% of its rare earths came from China. It is worth mentioning that there was a media report that Japan did not rush to use a large number of rare earths after purchasing them, but stored them on the seabed to meet the future energy needs.
Looking at the United States, its rare earth reserves are second only to China. However, since 1999, the United States has gradually stopped exploiting its rare earth resources by means of storage and other means, and has imported a large number of rare earth resources from China.
Comrade Deng Xiaoping once said, "The Middle East has oil, and China has rare earths." The implication of his words is self-evident. Rare earth is not only the necessary "monosodium glutamate" for 1/5 of the world's high-tech products, but also a strong bargaining chip for China at the world negotiating table in the future. It has become a national strategy called for by many people with lofty ideals in recent years to protect and scientifically use rare earth resources and prevent precious rare earth resources from being sold blindly and cheaply to western countries. Deng Xiaoping made clear the status of China as a rare earth power in 1992. 97% of the world's rare earth supply comes from China, and the West is worried about excessive dependence on China's rare earth resources. But rare earths are China's resources, and China has the right to dispose of them, regardless of the dissatisfaction of Europe and the United States.