How to Use rare earth element in a Sentence

rare earth element

noun
  • Both of these rare earth elements occur naturally in very small quantities.
    — Christopher R. Moore, The Conversation, 2019-10-22
  • Trump himself has employed elements of the law to boost production of rare earth elements, small drones and sensors to detect submarines, among other products.
    — Sarah Babbage, Fortune, 2020-03-26
  • These rare earth elements come from swirls of dust deposited during the winter storms, so the elements’ prevalence is a reliable gauge of storm intensity.
    — Elizabeth Svoboda, Scientific American, 2018-06-06
  • One possible arena for retaliation, in the minds of analysts: rare earth elements.
    — Klint Finley, WIRED, 2019-06-17
  • That puts uranium on the same footing with minerals like cobalt and lithium, used in the electronics industry, and rare earth elements like titanium and tin.
    — Debra Utacia Krol, azcentral, 2020-03-17
  • Rare earth minerals contain rare earth elements (located here on the periodic table) that are used in high-tech devices like smartphones, missile systems, radar devices and hybrid vehicles.
    — Aj Willingham, CNN, 2018-04-16
  • Some analysts have asked whether there are similarly irreplaceable assets on the Chinese side – such as rare earth elements exported to the U.S. – to be used as reciprocal leverage.
    — Ling Chen, Washington Post, 2018-06-25
  • These seabed parcels are split between 22 countries and companies hoping to extract mineral riches, including cobalt, copper, nickel and rare earth elements used in manufacturing cell phones, batteries and electric cars.
    — Alex Fox, Smithsonian Magazine, 2020-05-01
  • The funding would include $15 billion for demonstration projects in nascent clean energy technology, including advanced nuclear, floating offshore wind, biofuels, and rare earth element production.
    — Abby Smith, Washington Examiner, 2021-03-31
  • Joshua Zide, an associate professor of materials science and engineering at the University of Delaware, studies rare earth elements, particularly terbium, which is part of the chemical element combination for Saini’s discovery.
    — Kristen A. Schmitt, Smithsonian, 2017-04-10

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