Overview of rare earth metals and intermediate alloys
The vast majority of single rare earth metals and their intermediate alloys are used to produce new rare earth metal materials such as neodymium iron boron, samarium cobalt permanent magnet and super magnetostriction and non-ferrous metal alloys such as AI-RE, Mg-RE, Cu-RE, Zn- RE, W-RE, Mo-RE, etc. In addition, there are a few rare earth metal applications that use some special properties to prepare functional materials. Neodymium metal, praseodymium and praseodymium neodymium alloy Neodymium has the hard-magnetic properties caused by the good 4f electron spin arrangement, and has become the largest user of neodymium iron boron permanent magnet materials. In recent years, the global neodymium iron boron materials have developed rapidly, and the large application of neodymium metal in neodymium iron boron permanent magnet materials has driven the rapid development of the rare earth industry. In addition, neodymium metal as an alloy additive has good purification, modification and alloy...