Neodymium: How this supermagnet almost started a trade war

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  • Опубликовано: 16 май 2024
  • Ever heard of Neodymium? It’s one of the most essential elements that nobody talks about. Without it, our EV wouldn’t drive, our phones wouldn’t work and our wind turbines wouldn’t generate energy. This is a story of a rare earth metal that has many countries scrambling.
    #planeta #elemental #neodymium
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    Credits:
    Reporter: Kiyo Dörrer
    Video Editor: Frederik Willmann
    Camera: Neven Hillebrands
    Supervising Editor: Michael Trobridge
    Fact-Check: Kirsten Funck
    Thumbnail: Em Chabridon
    Read more:
    History and future of rare earth elements www.sciencehistory.org/educat...
    Rare earth statistics and information, U.S. Geological Survey www.usgs.gov/centers/national...
    Study on recyclability of Neodymium magnets, Prodius, Gandha, Mudring & Nlebedim 2020 pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/...
    Study on replacing Neodymium magnets with ferrite magnets, Baghel, Nlebedim 2023 link.springer.com/article/10....
    Chapters:
    0:00 Intro
    0:55 What is neodymium?
    1:58 The game-changing supermagnet
    3:00 Why do we need magnets?
    5:53 Geostrategic importance
    7:57 Can we replace neodymium?
    8:48 Recycling rare earths

Комментарии • 76

  • @DWPlanetA
    @DWPlanetA  5 месяцев назад +12

    Did you know about neodymium? Which element should we tackle next?

    • @moving.quotes
      @moving.quotes 5 месяцев назад +1

      Something similar. This is the first time I heard about this rare Earth element and it's fascinating.

    • @FMFvideos
      @FMFvideos 5 месяцев назад +1

      the 5th element

    • @AngelRodriguez-qg5zq
      @AngelRodriguez-qg5zq 5 месяцев назад

      I didn't know Nd. I wonder if it could be used in cooling applications?

    • @DWPlanetA
      @DWPlanetA  5 месяцев назад +1

      Hey there! Yes, it is for example already used in cryocoolers.

    • @theobserver9131
      @theobserver9131 5 месяцев назад

      Unobtainium!

  • @shyft09
    @shyft09 4 месяца назад +32

    For a second I thought the reason the boats crashed at the start was because they were both carrying neodymium magnets 😂

    • @arbaz79
      @arbaz79 4 месяца назад +2

      😂😂😂

  • @lohphat
    @lohphat 5 месяцев назад +111

    How about not mixing in music louder than the narrator?

    • @DWPlanetA
      @DWPlanetA  5 месяцев назад +27

      Hey there! Thanks for your feedback ✨

    • @somerandomfella
      @somerandomfella 5 месяцев назад +15

      How about asking politely..

    • @lohphat
      @lohphat 5 месяцев назад +27

      @@somerandomfella How about a global TV company knowing about basic audio engineering?

    • @Brad-ih5zh
      @Brad-ih5zh 5 месяцев назад +2

      Just right for me, I like the set up

    • @123ntah
      @123ntah 5 месяцев назад

      😂

  • @robertogonzalez492
    @robertogonzalez492 5 месяцев назад +7

    Nice watching Kiyo again in Planet A weekly reports! 😊

    • @DWPlanetA
      @DWPlanetA  5 месяцев назад

      Hey Roberto! Glad you like our videos and reporter ✨ Make sure you subscribe to our channel to not miss a video 😊

  • @MormonDude
    @MormonDude 5 месяцев назад +11

    Neodymium is crazy strong! I saw a video where a guy showed a strong enough one suspended his whole body weight in midair!

    • @moonshot3159
      @moonshot3159 5 месяцев назад

      oh reaaaaallyyyyyyy?? ain't that just the way

  • @adus123
    @adus123 5 месяцев назад +4

    Yes I have some of them if you have a old hard drive you will find some in it.

  • @theobserver9131
    @theobserver9131 5 месяцев назад +2

    Thank you Kiyo for not speaking "Fry" or "Uptalk"!

    • @theobserver9131
      @theobserver9131 5 месяцев назад +1

      Kiyo has an extremely pleasant speaking style.

  • @chrisc5991
    @chrisc5991 4 месяца назад +1

    I casually opened our old hardrives for these magnets😂😂😂

  • @ahmadmunibhanifi3546
    @ahmadmunibhanifi3546 4 месяца назад +1

    Very useful informations thank you❤🎉

    • @DWPlanetA
      @DWPlanetA  4 месяца назад

      Glad it was helpful. You should also subscribe to our channel for new environment related videos every Friday! 🌞

  • @CabrilloTV
    @CabrilloTV 5 месяцев назад +2

    I wanted to watch the program but it was almost impossible to listen to the commentary due to the ridiculously loud music in the background

  • @noahway13
    @noahway13 4 месяца назад +1

    10:00 You want some shake with that vocal fry?

  • @noelhaillard5460
    @noelhaillard5460 5 месяцев назад +1

    +400% is quintupling.

  • @JohnFleshman
    @JohnFleshman 5 месяцев назад +2

    it is actually quite easy to demagnetize neodymium magnets. just get them real hot. Poof no more magnet.

    • @rogeratygc7895
      @rogeratygc7895 4 месяца назад +3

      Or any other "permanent" magnet.

    • @oksowhat
      @oksowhat 4 месяца назад

      getting them hot, you are literally changing their chemistry

    • @JohnFleshman
      @JohnFleshman 4 месяца назад

      @@oksowhat nope. you are allowing the tightly aligned metal crystals to randomize. neodymium magnets can be re-magnitized with the right electronic equipment.

  • @hylacinerea970
    @hylacinerea970 5 месяцев назад

    wearing a heart monitor was a fun one because I had to hold everything with a magnet in it far away from my body. I couldn't use a microwave or headphones etc. however I feel lucky because I don't need an implant. I walked through an isle containing craft magnets though when simulating day to day stress tho that was funny

  • @tomlineberger
    @tomlineberger 5 месяцев назад +2

    I learned a lot by watching this video. Thank you!

  • @titouan6118
    @titouan6118 4 месяца назад

    There are a lot of motors and generators which don't need any magnet. Indeed you can create even stronger magnetic fields with electricity. Howerver neodymium magnet are cheap enough to still be used.

  • @pauldarbishire7226
    @pauldarbishire7226 5 месяцев назад

    👍👍👍

  • @Troy-ol5fk
    @Troy-ol5fk 4 месяца назад +1

    More battery technology videos please

    • @DWPlanetA
      @DWPlanetA  4 месяца назад

      🙌We take your wish into account. In the meantime, did you already watch these videos from us?
      🔋 "How salt and sand could replace lithium batteries"
      ruclips.net/video/-vobMl5ldOs/видео.html
      🔋 "Why our future depends on lithium"
      ruclips.net/video/gAZV1Ut6DDs/видео.html
      🔋 "Can you recycle an old EV battery?"
      ruclips.net/video/PbOBmnZRpZ4/видео.html

  • @user-rh6ru5oz2o
    @user-rh6ru5oz2o 5 месяцев назад +1

    I have these inside my Rubik's cube

  • @rogeratygc7895
    @rogeratygc7895 4 месяца назад

    As a physics student in the 1960s I knew of Cobalt-Samarium magnets. How do they compare with Neodymium magnets?

    • @mozillaproxima4941
      @mozillaproxima4941 4 месяца назад

      Sm-Co (BH)max[MGOe] about 35 (BH)max[kJm-3] about 240 NdFeB about 55 and 440 respectively. FeN ( theoretical ) roughly ×2 of strongest NdFeB

    • @DWPlanetA
      @DWPlanetA  4 месяца назад +1

      Neodymium magnets have exceptional strength, but some limitations to their temperature stability and corrosion resistance. Cobalt-Samarium magnets are especially relevant when higher temperature resistance is critical. 🔥

  • @kyee1713
    @kyee1713 5 месяцев назад +1

    Don’t these super strong magnets also power things like high speed rail such as maglev tech?

    • @wizz1358
      @wizz1358 5 месяцев назад +1

      Nope! For maglev regular magnets (even rare Earth's ones) are not strong enough, you need super conductors, which are made from crazy alloys and cooled down to cooler than liquid nitrogen.
      We use the same technology on the CT scanners, they use an alloy that is cooled to 2 degrees above absolute zero using liquid helium so they can generate a magnetic field SUPER strong so they can read the electric currents inside your head and create a 3D map

    • @DWPlanetA
      @DWPlanetA  5 месяцев назад

      Hey there! For maglev trains, either electromagnets are used but also rare earth permanent magnets such as neodymium iron boron permanent magnets.

  • @alexsandrowildalex_47
    @alexsandrowildalex_47 3 месяца назад

    Good remember magnet is a specific iron oxide with three oxygen and two iron, Fe2O3, different from the commun rust, a simple iron corrosion, FeO, but with a big property difference like useful magnetism and useless rust. I mean in chemistry, only a little difference like numbers of atoms in a molecule is enough for a great difference of property like neodymiun magnet alloy....

    • @alexsandrowildalex_47
      @alexsandrowildalex_47 3 месяца назад

      The reason is another universe mystery, but intelligent being can notice this natural properties to improve in better artificial properties like metamaterials, nanotechnology and superconductors....

  • @shiva.chennai
    @shiva.chennai 4 месяца назад

    We could run electric generator using sea water. India has the capability to do that. But it is kept secret.Moreover India has the crude oil reserve for another 100 years. That is also kept secret. All secrets are kept in kalpakkam nuclear power plant. It is another area 51 of India.

  • @markiliff
    @markiliff 4 месяца назад

    Seems like really interesting content, but that "music" is too loud and too distracting. Why is it there at all?

  • @t-kiat
    @t-kiat 5 месяцев назад

    My favourite material! I attach neodymium hooks to the side of my fridge. They save a lot of space in my kitchen and improve its aesthetic.

  • @Laurynas_LTU
    @Laurynas_LTU 4 месяца назад

    So why was there such an approar about the collided boats...? I thought I watched the video attentively to uncover this mystery...

    • @DWPlanetA
      @DWPlanetA  4 месяца назад

      Because this seemingly small incidents started a price surge for rare earth elements after China was no longer exporting them. ⛴

  • @himanshusingh2980
    @himanshusingh2980 4 месяца назад

    You guys create good content, Time Stamp 0:19 please correct china's map; Ladakh, Sikkim and Arunachal are integral part of Bharat (India). Its just wont give more piece of Land to China. They have already taken the Aksai Chin forcefully.

  • @theobserver9131
    @theobserver9131 5 месяцев назад

    You would have to have lived in a cave all your life not to have heard of neodymium.

  • @simonac688.
    @simonac688. 4 месяца назад +2

    We are all science nerds here please dont mix us whith musicians ....🙏 low low down the MUSAK 🙏 Thank you 😊❤

    • @DWPlanetA
      @DWPlanetA  4 месяца назад +1

      Hey Simona! Thank you for your feedback :)

    • @simonac688.
      @simonac688. 4 месяца назад

      @@DWPlanetA its " Simon AC " Thanks for the great content 👍🌲👍

  • @Spenceham-km3nv
    @Spenceham-km3nv 4 месяца назад

    hey guys what would happen if someone used the sea cucumber DNA and the millipede DNA to fill in the gaps of there genomes

  • @youcantata
    @youcantata 4 месяца назад +1

    Neodymium is not that rare. But mining and refining it is very environmentally damaging and toxic. Environment regulation of China is very weak, so China can dominate the world neodymium market. Such mining are expensive in other nations due to strict environmental regulation.

  • @justayoutuber1906
    @justayoutuber1906 3 месяца назад

    Stop saying "arguably" - it is a meaningless modifier that means no one agrees

  • @MagnificentCreature
    @MagnificentCreature 5 месяцев назад

    Oo

  • @nanohaffy
    @nanohaffy 5 месяцев назад +1

    East China Sea... Haha yeah sure.

  • @123ntah
    @123ntah 5 месяцев назад

    wakanda 4ever

  • @TheMrDjQ
    @TheMrDjQ 3 месяца назад

    So acording to trump dont drop the magnets in water cause they stop working!!!!
    😂😂😂😂😂😂

  • @crypton_8l87
    @crypton_8l87 5 месяцев назад

    Humans will finish off all life on this planet.
    Then, perhaps your smug and awfully triumphant outlook towards "science and technology" - will slip a little.

  • @SergiyMichael
    @SergiyMichael Месяц назад

    Tesla car doesn’t use rare earth elements in their motors. Reluctance bldc motors.

  • @se62hy
    @se62hy 5 месяцев назад

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