neodymium Archives – The Green Optimistic green tech news, since 2008 Tue, 15 Jan 2013 20:10:18 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 2667534 Shortage of Rare Earth Metals Dealt by The Department of Energy https://www.greenoptimistic.com/doe-shortage-rare-earth-metals-20130114/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/doe-shortage-rare-earth-metals-20130114/#respond Mon, 14 Jan 2013 18:01:13 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=31371 In order to deal with domestic shortages of rare earth metals, The Department of Energy (DOE) has established a research hub that will develop strategies and find solutions to preserve the depleting resources.The rare earth elements are 17 in total and include scandium, yttrium and the 15 lanthanides (lanthanum, cerium, praseodymium, neodymium, promethium, samarium, europium, […]

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/doe-shortage-rare-earth-metals-20130114/feed/ 0 31371 Hitachi’s New Electric Motor Not Using Rare Neodymium, Could Lower Market Prices https://www.greenoptimistic.com/hitachi-ferrite-motor-neodymium-20120413/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/hitachi-ferrite-motor-neodymium-20120413/#respond Fri, 13 Apr 2012 11:09:52 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=23993 A new, highly-efficient permanent magnet synchronous motor has been unveiled by Hitachi. Nothing unusual so far. The only big and important difference between Hitachi’s new motor and everything that exists in the industry is that this one doesn’t have neodymium magnets. Neodymium magnets contain a rare-earth material, which is the cause for its high price […]

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