China & Japan Face Off
1,358 views · Published 24 March 2013 · 2:39 · Indexed 21 September 2026
Channel: TDC · 2013 · News & Politics
Japan has made a crucial discovery of rare earth deposits on the floor of the pacific ocean 2,000 km southeast of Tokyo. http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/afp_asiapacific_business/view/1261493/1/.html The United States' rare earth situation: http://pubs.usgs.gov/fs/2002/fs087-02/fs087-02.pdf http://www.usgs.gov/newsroom/article.asp?ID=2642&from=rss_home What are "rare earth elements"? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rare_earth_element Important because rare earths are the key resource in high-tech manufacturing. The diverse nuclear, metallurgical, chemical, catalytic, electrical, magnetic, and optical properties of the REE's have led to an ever increasing variety of applications in the 21st century. These uses range from mundane (lighter flints, glass polishing) to high-tech (phosphors, lasers, magnets, batteries, magnetic refrigeration) to futuristic (hightemperature superconductivity, safe storage and transport of hydrogen for a post-hydrocarbon economy). Images used in this video: Flint: http://www.flickr.com/photos/stefan-w/3263577985/lightbox/ Laser http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a0/Military_laser_experiment.jpg Hydrogen http://www.flickr.com/photos/mikebabcock/400489438/lightbox/ LCD http://www.flickr.com/photos/declanjewell/3009696492/llightbox Subscribe to The Daily Conversation http://bit.ly/WZnLnd Join the conversation on Facebook http://www.facebook.com/thedailyconversation Add TDC to your circles on Google+ https://plus.google.com/100134925804523235350/posts Follow The Daily Conversation on Twitter http://www.twitter.com/thedailyconvo
