{"id":28812,"date":"2021-11-09T23:49:58","date_gmt":"2021-11-09T23:49:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thepatientinvestor.com\/?p=28812"},"modified":"2021-11-09T23:52:21","modified_gmt":"2021-11-09T23:52:21","slug":"technology-critical-elements","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thepatientinvestor.com\/index.php\/2021\/11\/09\/technology-critical-elements\/","title":{"rendered":"Technology-critical elements"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Technology-critical elements (TCEs) are elements for which a striking acceleration in usage has emerged, relative to past consumption, and which are critical to emerging technologies.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Technology-critical_element\">Wikipedia<\/a> provides a useful list:<\/p>\n<h3>Rare-earth elements (REEs)<\/h3>\n<p>In atomic order:<\/p>\n<h4>Light (LREEs)<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>scandium<\/li>\n<li>yttrium<\/li>\n<li>lanthanum<\/li>\n<li>cerium<\/li>\n<li>praseodymium<\/li>\n<li>neodymium<\/li>\n<li>promethium<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Heavy (HREEs)<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>samarium<\/li>\n<li>europium<\/li>\n<li>gadolinium<\/li>\n<li>terbium<\/li>\n<li>dysprosium<\/li>\n<li>holmium<\/li>\n<li>erbium<\/li>\n<li>thulium<\/li>\n<li>ytterbium<\/li>\n<li>lutetium<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Platinum-group metals (PGMs)<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>iridium<\/li>\n<li>osmium<\/li>\n<li>palladium<\/li>\n<li>platinum<\/li>\n<li>rhodium<\/li>\n<li>ruthenium<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Other elements<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>antimony<\/li>\n<li>beryllium<\/li>\n<li>caesium<\/li>\n<li>cobalt<\/li>\n<li>gallium<\/li>\n<li>germanium<\/li>\n<li>indium<\/li>\n<li>lithium<\/li>\n<li>niobium<\/li>\n<li>tantalum<\/li>\n<li>tellurium<\/li>\n<li>tungsten<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Technology-critical elements (TCEs) are elements for which a striking acceleration in usage has emerged, relative to past consumption, and which are critical to emerging technologies. 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