REE: Rare earth elements - REE, LREE, MREE, HREE, REM, Lanthanides

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Rare earth elements – REE, LREE, MREE, HREE, REM, Lanthanides

Description

List of rare earth elements and subsets thereof.

Usage

Lanthanides

REE

LREE

MREE

HREE

REM

Format

Lanthanides: character vector with 15 elements.

REE: character vector with 15 elements.

LREE: character vector with 4 elements.

MREE: character vector with 6 elements.

HREE: character vector with 4 elements.

REM: character vector with 17 elements.

Details

The "Red Book" \insertCiteConnelly2005georefdatar defines the rare earth metals (REM) as Sc, Y and the lanthanides (La – Lu). In geochemistry, the term "rare earth elements" is generally limited to the lanthanides – e.g. \insertCiteRollinson1993,Marshall1999georefdatar. Therefore, it is crucial to consider the context in which this term is used.
A distinction is made here between rare earth metals (REM) and rare earth elements (REE). The latter are the lanthanides as they are commonly used in geochemistry. Speaking in sets, the REE are a subset of the REM. And all subsets of the REE are also limited to the lanthanides.

1. Lanthanides La–Lu \insertCiteConnelly2005georefdatar.

2. REE Same as Lanthanides. The term rare earth elements as used in geochemistry – e.g \insertCiteRollinson1993,Marshall1999georefdatar.

3. LREE Light REE, La–Nd

4. MREE Intermediate REE, Sm–Ho

5. HREE Heavy REE, Er–Lu

6. REM Rare earth metals. Sc, Y and the lanthanides \insertCiteConnelly2005georefdatar

References

\insertRef

Rollinson1993georefdatar

\insertRef

Marshall1999georefdatar

\insertRef

Connelly2005georefdatar

Examples

# get information from the periodic table of elements
subset(pte, Symbol %in% REE)

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