WHAT'S NEW I N R A R E EARTHS Prompt
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in tonnage quantities hydrates,
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low prices . . . available as
metals and other
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LINDSAY
N O T NEW . . . BUT
99.99% can b e shipped in surpris ingly l a r g e q u a n t i t i e s . I t m a y b e n e w s to you t h a t L i n d s a y is cur rently producing more than 100 rare earth, yttrium and thorium salts for R&D work as well as for normal pro duction operations. There's new low pricing of rare earths. Costs have tumbled sharply during recent years. Partly because of rapidly increasing d e m a n d . Partly because of vastly expanded produc tion facilities and i m p r o v e d tech n i q u e s in r e f i n i n g o u r m a t e r i a l s . (Which came first —the hen or the egg?) T h e important fact is that the rare earths are priced so low as to make their use extremely interest ing. We are talking, in many cases, about £, not $.
You may say the rare earths are not new. True. We've been working with t h e r a r e e a r t h s for m o r e t h a n 50 years. Many industries have known and used them for years. But they may be new to you. W h a t is new in rare earths will c o m m a n d y o u r a t t e n t i o n a n d in trigue the interest of your people concerned with research and devel opment work. There7s new availability in the rare earths! Commercial grades can be shipped promptly by the ton or carload. High purity grades up to
Rare earths now available in metal form. I n t e r e s t e d ? You can obtain r a r e e a r t h a n d y t t r i u m in m e t a l form, primarily as ingots and lumps. They are presently available in ex perimental quantities and offer in teresting pronVse to manv industries.
New . . . new . .. new. It's the old but still magic word that keynotes in dustrial planning for the products that may b e big profit winners in the 196(Ts. R&D work, in laboratories from coast to c o a s t , is h a p p i l y b l e s s e d w i t h h u g e b u d g e t s for t h e evercontinuing search for what is new. N e w in processes, in methods, in materials. Whatever is new that will c o n t r i b u t e to t h e d e v e l o p m e n t of new products to captivate the pub lic fancy and meet the critical needs of industry. New plastics. N e w exotic metals. New chemicals . . . and among them, the rare earths.
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There are many new uses for the rare earths. This obviously is the re sult of research and development work carried on d u r i n g recent years. In glass and ceramics. In electronics. In commercial nuclear energy. I n plastics. In glass polishing. And in many other fields. W e would be modest indeed if w e failed to hint that much of the r a p i d expansion —first in research and then in actual industrial use of t h e rare earths —has b e e n at our gentle urging. T h e facts speak for themselves. Rare earths have come of age. They are important production materials in a broad cross-section of American industry. So if you are thinking new . . . new ideas, new processes, new materials, new products . . . look at the rare earths. When you do, please remember these two facts. They are readily available in t h e g r a d e s , varieties, forms and cjuaiiUi.it·:> you will need. And they are priced at surprisingly attractive levels. O u r t e c h n i c a l p e o p l e will b e h a p p y to b e helpful to you. W e can s u p p l y p e r t i n e n t d a t a a n d will promptly supply detailed informa tion if you will indicate your specific area of interest.
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