Department
Civil & Environmental Engineering
Faculty Advisor(s)
Timothy Dittrich
Document Type
Poster
Abstract
Rare Earth Elements (REEs) are elements with many high tech uses (e.g., smartphones, electric cars, advanced weaponry) and have been identified by the DOE to be critical to the US economy. Currently, China supplies over 85% of REEs resulting in an undiversified market and susceptibility to supply shock and economic insecurity. To address this susceptibility, this research aims to develop an economic and environmentally-friendly method of extracting REEs from nascent, plentiful sources such as coal and coal by-products like fly ash.
Disciplines
Civil and Environmental Engineering | Semiconductor and Optical Materials
Recommended Citation
Syed, Bilal, "Development of Sorption Technology for Extracting Rare Earth Elements from Coal Fly Ash" (2018). Research Opportunities for Engineering Undergraduates (ROEU) Program 2017-18. 1.
https://digitalcommons.wayne.edu/roeu_2017-18/1
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Civil and Environmental Engineering Commons, Semiconductor and Optical Materials Commons