LLNL-led team to use microorganisms to separate and purify rare-earth elements; biomining
Green Car Congress
JULY 7, 2022
Rare earths bearing core sample drilled at La Paz, Arizona. To date, the chemical processes required to extract and purify REEs have been complex and harmful to the environment. REEs are a set of 17 elements in the periodic table that includes the 15 lanthanides plus scandium and yttrium.
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