New Insights on Quality, Safety, Nutritional, and Nutraceutical Properties of Honeydew Honeys from Italy by Andrea Mara, Federica Mainente, Vasiliki Soursou, Yolanda Picó, Iratxe Perales, Asma Ghorab, Gavino Sanna, Isabel Borrás-Linares, Gianni Zoccatelli, Marco Ciulu

“…Similarly, the mineral composition did not vary significantly, whereas rare earth elements appeared to be promising markers for classifying their origin. …”
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The use of thermal hydrogen decrepitation to recycle Nd-Fe-B magnets from electronic waste by Piotrowicz A., Pietrzyk S., Noga P., Myćka Ł.

“…Rare earth magnets based upon neodymium-iron-boron (NdFeB) are employed in many high tech applications, including hard disk drives (HDDs). …”
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Collective Optical, FTIR, and Photoluminescence Spectra of CeO2 and/or Sm2O3-Doped Na2O–ZnO–P2O5 Glasses by M. A. Marzouk, H. A. ElBatal, Y. M. Hamdy, F. M. Ezz-Eldin

“…The photoluminescence spectra (PL) of the single CeO2-doped and Sm2O3-doped glasses and even the mixed dopant sample reveal luminescence spectra after excitation which are characteristic of the rare-earth ions. The intensities for both excited or emitted peaks are found to increase with the increase of the rare-earth percent. …”
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The Enrichment Mechanism of REE at Sulfate and Methane Transition Zone (SMTZ) of the Northern Part of the South China Sea by Xie Rui, Wu Daidai, Wei Jiangong, Wang Liaoliang, Liu Lihua, Li Wenjing, Wu Gang, Guo Xudong

“…Rare earth elements (REE) are important raw materials for electronic products and green-energy technology and deep-sea sediment as an important potential source of REE mineral. …”
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Improving the quality of cast metal of pipeline valves by modification of dispersed inoculators by E. N. Eremin, G. N. Minnekhanov, R. G. Minnekhanov

“…An integrated approach to the melt preparation in electroslag casting is proposed including its deep deoxidation with a rare earth metal agent and introducing a modifying complex containing nanodispersed pyrocarbon particles, which forms a fine ferrite-pearlite structure with small globular nonmetallic inclusions located in the dendrite axes. …”
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Effect of Nd Addition on the Microstructure and Martensitic Transformation of Ni-Ti Shape Memory Alloys by M. Dovchinvanchig, C. W. Zhao, S. L. Zhao, X. K. Meng, Y. J. Jin, Y. M. Xing

“…The effect of rare earth element Nd addition on the microstructure and martensitic transformation behavior of Ni50Ti50−xNdx (x=0, 1, 3, 7, 20) shape memory alloy was investigated experimentally. …”
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Development characteristics and river blocking outburst analysis of Shadong landslide in the upper reaches of Jinsha River by Shunxiang ZHENG, Jun WANG, Yong YAN, Wen LIU, Heng ZHAO, Junxiang YANG, Xiongan FAN, Yi ZHANG, Meng WANG, Tianbin YU

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MINERAL FORMATION CONDITIONS IN ACID MAGMATIC SYSTEMS RELATED TO THE FORMATION OF MASSIVE SULFIDE DEPOSITS OF THE URALS AND ALTAI-SAYANY AREA by V.A. Simonov, V.V. Maslennikov, A.V. Kotlyarov

“…The features of rare and rare earth element patterns in melt inclusions in quartz indicate the similarity of acid magmatic systems of massive sulfide deposits in the Urals and Altai-Sayany region with present-day suprasubduction melts in the ocean-continent transition zones. …”
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Distribution of Trace Elements, Sr-C Isotopes, and Sedimentary Characteristics as Paleoenvironmental Indicator of the Late Permian Linxi Formation in the Linxi Area, Eastern Inner... by Linlin Wang, Yongsheng Zhang, Enyuan Xing, Yuan Peng, Dongdong Yu

“…In terms of geochemistry, the formation is relatively light rare Earth enriched, with significant positive Eu anomaly, slight positive La and Y anomaly, weak positive Gd anomaly, and lack of Ce anomaly. …”
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Decreasing viscosity and increasing accessible load by replacing classical diluents with a hydrotrope in liquid–liquid extraction by Asmae El Maangar, Thomas Zemb, Clément Fleury, Jean Duhamet, Jean-François Dufrêche, Stéphane Pellet-Rostaing

“…In the case of anionic extractants, the Gibbs energy of transfer depends linearly on the ionic radii of the rare earth considered, which is not true with non-ionic extractants. …”
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Investigation on the microstructure evolution and deformation behavior of Mg–2Zn-0.5Mn-0.2Ca-xNd/yLa alloy by in-situ tensile by Jie Mi, Shengquan Liang, Shiyu Luan, Qianlong Ren, Xin Che, Peipeng Jin

“…Multi-microalloying rare earth elements are expected to improve the properties of magnesium alloys. …”
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The Low Temperature Specific Heat of Pr0.65Ca0.35MnO3 by Zhiyong Han, Zhenzhu Jing

“…It is found that the low temperature electron specific heat in zero magnetic field is obviously larger than that of ordinary rare-earth manganites oxide. To get the contribution of phonon to the specific heat precisely, the lattice specific heat is calculated by Debye model fitting. …”
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Electrodeposition of alloys or compounds in molten salts and applications by Taxil P., Chamelot P., Massot L., Hamel C.

“…The interest in this process is to obtain new materials for high technology, particularly the compounds of reactive components such as actinides, rare earth and refractory metals. Two ways of preparation are considered: (i) electrocoating of the more reactive metal on a cathode made of the noble one and reaction between the two metals in contact, and (ii) electrocoating on an inert cathode of the intermetallic compound by coreduction of the ions of each elements. …”
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Properties and Microstructures of Sn-Bi-X Lead-Free Solders by Fan Yang, Liang Zhang, Zhi-quan Liu, Su-juan Zhong, Jia Ma, Li Bao

“…So the alloying is considered as an effective way to improve the properties of Sn-Bi solders with the addition of elements (Al, Cu, Zn, Ga, Ag, In, Sb, and rare earth) and nanoparticles. In this paper, the development of Sn-Bi lead-free solders bearing elements and nanoparticles was reviewed. …”
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Investigation on the Structure and Electrochemical Properties of La-Ce-Mg-Al-Ni Hydrogen Storage Alloy by Yuqing Qiao, Jianyi Xi, Minshou Zhao, Guangjie Shao, Yongchun Luo, Limin Wang

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Manipulation of room-temperature magnetic skyrmions in a van der Waals ferromagnet Fe3GaTe2 by Yanlong Yin, Minghe Liu, Wei Li, Wan Li, Mengting Zou, Si Wu, Weixing Xia, Baomin Wang

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Genesis of Dolomite in Middle Permian Maokou Formation in Eastern Sichuan: Constraints from In Situ Geochemistry, Sr-Mg Isotopes, and Fluid Inclusions by Yanxia Jiang, Xianfeng Tan, Chengjiang Zhang, Wei Jiang, Jia Wang, Long Luo, Dongping Tan, Wei Wang, Zhifu Xiong

“…They all show turbid crystal planes and bright orange-red CL and have similar trace element contents, 87Sr/86Sr ratios, and rare-earth patterns, indicating that they might be formed in the same fluid. …”
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Nonlinear effects in fiber lasers and amplifiers: review of pulse generation at 1550–1870 nm wavelength range by Diana Galiakhmetova

“…However, developing tunable NIR-III ultrashort pulsed lasers is still challenging due to the lack of efficient rare-earth-doped fibers, reviewed in this paper. Overcoming these challenges and achieving wide tunability are possible by implementing methods based on nonlinear optical effects. …”
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The Hydrolysis of Carbonyl Sulfide at Low Temperature: A Review by Shunzheng Zhao, Honghong Yi, Xiaolong Tang, Shanxue Jiang, Fengyu Gao, Bowen Zhang, Yanran Zuo, Zhixiang Wang

“…The active ingredients which can load on COS hydrolysis catalyst include alkali metal, alkaline earth metal, transition metal oxides, rare earth metal oxides, mixed metal oxides, and nanometal oxides. …”
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Achieving high strength-ductility synergy in Mg-6Sn-3Zn-0.3Zr (wt.%) alloy via a combination of casting, pre-treatment and hot extrusion by Tianshui Zhou, Yaqin Li, Feifei Guo, Qinglin Li, Zhi Jia, Dexue Liu

“…Achieving the strength-ductility synergy in Mg alloys is a gigantic challenge, especially in rare-earth-free Mg alloys. In this study, a new Mg-Sn-Zn-Zr alloy with high ultimate tensile strength (∼284–326 MPa) without sacrificing elongation-to-failure (∼22.1–27.6%) was developed by utilizing casting, pre-treatment and hot extrusion. …”
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