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We're Running Out of These Elements — Here's How
Phones, TVs, solar panels, and electric car batteries are all made of some rare and unusual elements. As our modern world creates more and more of these technologies, will things go from "rare" to "nonexistent" and what will we do then?
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A Chinese metal worker tends to a forge of rare earths and lanthanum before pouring the molten metal into a magnet mould
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University of Nottingham: Periodic Table of Videos: Lanthanum
Learn about the element lanthanum including its chemical properties and uses. [1:50]