Importance of Rare Earth Elements

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  1. Mr.X

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    #1 Mr.X, Dec 25, 2016
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    FYI

     
  2. ThomasMann

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    #2 ThomasMann, Dec 25, 2016
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    Not really impressive, but interesting. Basically your normal human being can do reasonably well without rare earth and any of the unnecessary garbage ist used for. So, if I have to choose, I take the music group... The only ones that might have a problem are the professional mass murderes and I would consider that to be an advantage for humanity.

    And, of course, if the Chinese do anything like that, it almost justifies a declaration of war, for the US it would simply be politics as usual, right? So compared to that, I find this a lot more fascinating:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aQec39cmA8A
     
  3. Joe C

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    Rare earth magnets from platter hard drives are fun to play with
     
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  4. Imkruzen

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    I put them on my oil filter on the car and the oil pan on my bike near the drain plug.
     
  5. Joe C

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    but.... bearing material is made of brass alloy?
     
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  6. ThomasMann

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    Perfectionist....
     
  7. JFKI

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    True, but iron filings and chrome flakes will rip and tear that brass alloy to shreds so it is better to keep those contained should they happen to occur. ;)
     
  8. Joe C

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    I reckon if your getting iron filings, then the bearings don't matter anyway
     
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  9. dhjohns

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    #9 dhjohns, Dec 27, 2016
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