Books by Keyword: Rare-Earth Elements

Description: The 5th International Congress on Advanced Materials Sciences and Engineering 2024 (AMSE-2024), held in the picturesque Lovran, Croatia from July 23-26, 2024, brought together a collection of selected papers that delve into the cutting-edge research and developments in the field of advanced materials, engineering and construction. This proceeding will serve as a valuable resource for academics, researchers, and professionals seeking to stay abreast of the latest advancements in materials, technologies and their practical implications for future engineering solutions.

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Since the mid-nineties, magnesium-based alloys and compounds have been revisited in the hope that they will yield light functional materials. In this third wave of research and development of magnesium-based hydrogenstorage and thermoelectric materials, new factors have become important in addition to the improvement of their properties and performance. The move to reduce environmental damage requires the assurance of non-toxicity and energy-saving during manufacture. For example, the use of lead or bismuth additions must be avoided. Furthermore, due to the diminishing sources of antimony, tellurium and rare-earth elements, only metallic and non-metallic elements having a large Clerk number should be used for production. In order to compensate for these restraints, nano-technological innovation is urgently required; not only in optimum material design but also in material processing, manufacturing and device production, in order to achieve significant energy and cost savings.