About Critical Materials

Critical materials are found in many commonly used tools, including batteries, cell phones and vehicles.

• Rare Earths and Other Critical Materials -- Status Update, May 2017 pdf
• 10 things you didn't know about critical materials
• Rare Earths -- The Fraternal Fifteen
• CMI factsheet
• What would we do without rare earths?
• The Ames Laboratory channel on YouTube
• Timelines related to rare earth elements and materials
• Other sources of information about rare earths:
  • Science Trends: The rare earth elements found in our pockets, Oct. 31, 2017
  • BBC Documentary: Treasures of the Earth: Metals (1:53.05)
  • Urban Mining video by Mashable: "Recycling Magnets for Good -- A Cleaner Future" (4:00)
  • GE:  Understanding rare earth metals, includes links to a whitepaper "Understanding the Rare Earth Materials Crisis" and "Rare Earths FAQs"
  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology: a comprehensive background on rare earth elements
  • Rare Earth Technology Alliance:  Infographic What Are Rare Earths? describes economic impact of rare earth elements
  • Visual Capitalist:
    • The Massive Impact of EVs on Commodities in One Chart
    • Infographic Rare Earth Elements:  The Technology Elements identifies the rare earth elements, where they can be found, and how they are used
  • TEDx Periodic Videos:  Graphic of periodic table, where the image for every element links to a video about that element
  • Prices:  Ucore offers an app for current prices of rare earth elements: http://ucore.com/apps
• Recent Critical Materials-Themed Books
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