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Rare earth elements, also known as rare earth metals, are located on the left side of Group III B in the Periodic Table, namely scandium (Sc) and yttrium (Y), plus the 15 lanthanide elements. This gives a total of 17 elements, which are commonly denoted as R or RE. From the discovery of the first rare earth element yttrium in 1794, to that of promethium (Pm) in 1945, it took 151 years to find them all from natural sources.
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Wang, C. (2023). Occurrence State and Resources of Rare Earth Elements. In: Theory and Application of Rare Earth Materials. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-4178-8_2
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