Rare Earth Frontiers : From Terrestrial Subsoils to Lunar Landscapes

Rare Earth Frontiers From Terrestrial Subsoils to Lunar Landscapes

Rare Earth Frontiers is a work of human geography that serves to demystify the powerful elements that make possible the miniaturization of electronics, green energy and medical technologies, and essential telecommunications and defense systems. Julie Michelle Klinger draws attention to the fact that...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor Corporativo: Knowledge Unlatched funder (funder)
Otros Autores: Klinger, Julie Michelle, 1983- author (author)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Ithaca : Cornell University Press 2017.
Edición:1st ed
Materias:
Lunar mining.
Rare earth metals > Brazil > Amazonas.
Rare earth metals > China > Inner Mongolia.
Rare earth metals > Political aspects.
Rare earth metals > Social aspects.
Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009422308006719
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction : welcome to the rare earth frontier
  • What are rare earth elements?
  • Placing China in the world history of discovery, production, and use
  • Welcome to the hometown of rare earths : 1980-2010
  • Rude awakenings
  • From the heartland to the head of the dog
  • Extraglobal extraction.

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