Neodymium: How this supermagnet almost started a trade war

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.
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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

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  • @DWPlanetA
    @DWPlanetA5 ай бұрын

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

  • @moving.quotes

    @moving.quotes

    5 ай бұрын

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

  • @FMFvideos

    @FMFvideos

    5 ай бұрын

    the 5th element

  • @AngelRodriguez-qg5zq

    @AngelRodriguez-qg5zq

    5 ай бұрын

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

  • @DWPlanetA

    @DWPlanetA

    5 ай бұрын

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

  • @theobserver9131

    @theobserver9131

    5 ай бұрын

    Unobtainium!

  • @shyft09
    @shyft095 ай бұрын

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

  • @arbaz79

    @arbaz79

    5 ай бұрын

    😂😂😂

  • @lohphat
    @lohphat5 ай бұрын

    How about not mixing in music louder than the narrator?

  • @DWPlanetA

    @DWPlanetA

    5 ай бұрын

    Hey there! Thanks for your feedback ✨

  • @somerandomfella

    @somerandomfella

    5 ай бұрын

    How about asking politely..

  • @lohphat

    @lohphat

    5 ай бұрын

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

  • @Brad-ih5zh

    @Brad-ih5zh

    5 ай бұрын

    Just right for me, I like the set up

  • @123ntah

    @123ntah

    5 ай бұрын

    😂

  • @MormonDude
    @MormonDude5 ай бұрын

    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 ай бұрын

    oh reaaaaallyyyyyyy?? ain't that just the way

  • @robertogonzalez492
    @robertogonzalez4925 ай бұрын

    Nice watching Kiyo again in Planet A weekly reports! 😊

  • @DWPlanetA

    @DWPlanetA

    5 ай бұрын

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

  • @adus123
    @adus1235 ай бұрын

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

  • @theobserver9131
    @theobserver91315 ай бұрын

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

  • @theobserver9131

    @theobserver9131

    5 ай бұрын

    Kiyo has an extremely pleasant speaking style.

  • @ahmadmunibhanifi3546
    @ahmadmunibhanifi35464 ай бұрын

    Very useful informations thank you❤🎉

  • @DWPlanetA

    @DWPlanetA

    4 ай бұрын

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

  • @CabrilloTV
    @CabrilloTV5 ай бұрын

    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

  • @chrisc5991
    @chrisc59915 ай бұрын

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

  • @noahway13
    @noahway134 ай бұрын

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

  • @JohnFleshman
    @JohnFleshman5 ай бұрын

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

  • @rogeratygc7895

    @rogeratygc7895

    5 ай бұрын

    Or any other "permanent" magnet.

  • @oksowhat

    @oksowhat

    5 ай бұрын

    getting them hot, you are literally changing their chemistry

  • @JohnFleshman

    @JohnFleshman

    5 ай бұрын

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

  • @Troy-ol5fk
    @Troy-ol5fk4 ай бұрын

    More battery technology videos please

  • @DWPlanetA

    @DWPlanetA

    4 ай бұрын

    🙌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" kzread.info/dash/bejne/X6qjxK-lZc_Kf9Y.html 🔋 "Why our future depends on lithium" kzread.info/dash/bejne/mXWOuJOOpJmqdNY.html 🔋 "Can you recycle an old EV battery?" kzread.info/dash/bejne/gpaDpM-nirXWipc.html

  • @noelhaillard5460
    @noelhaillard54605 ай бұрын

    +400% is quintupling.

  • @tomlineberger
    @tomlineberger5 ай бұрын

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

  • @Laurynas_LTU
    @Laurynas_LTU4 ай бұрын

    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 ай бұрын

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

  • @titouan6118
    @titouan61184 ай бұрын

    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.

  • @user-rh6ru5oz2o
    @user-rh6ru5oz2o5 ай бұрын

    I have these inside my Rubik's cube

  • @himanshusingh2980
    @himanshusingh29805 ай бұрын

    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.

  • @pauldarbishire7226
    @pauldarbishire72265 ай бұрын

    👍👍👍

  • @kyee1713
    @kyee17135 ай бұрын

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

  • @wizz1358

    @wizz1358

    5 ай бұрын

    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 ай бұрын

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

  • @hylacinerea970
    @hylacinerea9705 ай бұрын

    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

  • @alexsandrowildalex_47
    @alexsandrowildalex_474 ай бұрын

    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

    4 ай бұрын

    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....

  • @rogeratygc7895
    @rogeratygc78955 ай бұрын

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

  • @mozillaproxima4941

    @mozillaproxima4941

    5 ай бұрын

    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 ай бұрын

    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. 🔥

  • @markiliff
    @markiliff4 ай бұрын

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

  • @shiva.chennai
    @shiva.chennai4 ай бұрын

    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.

  • @Spenceham-km3nv
    @Spenceham-km3nv5 ай бұрын

    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
    @youcantata5 ай бұрын

    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.

  • @simonac688.
    @simonac688.5 ай бұрын

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

  • @DWPlanetA

    @DWPlanetA

    5 ай бұрын

    Hey Simona! Thank you for your feedback :)

  • @simonac688.

    @simonac688.

    5 ай бұрын

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

  • @t-kiat
    @t-kiat5 ай бұрын

    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.

  • @crypton_8l87

    @crypton_8l87

    5 ай бұрын

    Just what we need eh

  • @justayoutuber1906
    @justayoutuber19063 ай бұрын

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

  • @theobserver9131
    @theobserver91315 ай бұрын

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

  • @MagnificentCreature
    @MagnificentCreature5 ай бұрын

    Oo

  • @nanohaffy
    @nanohaffy5 ай бұрын

    East China Sea... Haha yeah sure.

  • @123ntah
    @123ntah5 ай бұрын

    wakanda 4ever

  • @TheMrDjQ
    @TheMrDjQ4 ай бұрын

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

  • @crypton_8l87
    @crypton_8l875 ай бұрын

    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
    @SergiyMichael2 ай бұрын

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

  • @se62hy
    @se62hy5 ай бұрын

    MP MATERIALS. LYNAS RARE EARTHS LIMITED Your welcome