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Rare Earth elements make modern day possible
Natural metals know as chemistry (REE) have made our technology powered society possible and demand for these rare earth elements is growing due to the high use of modern day electronics. Rare earth elements provide the necessary functioning factor in almost everything we use in today's society. Hundreds of products across a wide range industries rely on Rare Earth elements, especially the technology industry. By 2011 China accounted for 97 percent of the consumption of Rare Earth Elements for production in technology such as mobile phones, flat screen televisions and electric vehicles. ...More
The code to long lasting Roman concrete
Chemists have been trying to understand the process and recreate the long lasting concrete the Romans used, the chemists suspected that the key to this was a technique the Romans used called "e;Hot Mixing" Hot Mixing is is a method were quicklime is mixed with the aggregate and then water, this process generate heat and were the term hot-mixed comes from. Modern concete uses lime rather than quicklime. The reaction of quicklime with water processes a lot of heat and if not mixed correctly can possibly explode. Hot ...More
