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Get PriceRare earths industrial technology; Introduction; As this group has 17 kinds of elements the applications of rare earth elements are diversified compounds from chloride 46% purity and 99 9999% of single rare earth oxides The products are various Details of their separation methods and smelting process are as follows
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Get Price11/18/12 5 Introduction Extractive metallurgy is the science and engineering of extracting and refining of metals from ores Closely related to this technology is mineral beneficiation whereby ores are treated by mechanical physical and physico chemical means to prepare concentrates either for metal production or to be used for the chemical
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