Critical Materials Innovation Hub Research Highlights

Sm2Fe17N3 as a cost-effective high-performance magnet

CMI researchers at Ames National Laboratory conducted the research for this highlight

New Al-Ce alloy with tunable high strength

CMI researchers at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, University of Tennessee - Knoxville and Eck Industries conducted the research for this highlight

$Strength is enabled by the large fraction of nanoscale intermetallic phases, bright in the above electron microscope image$

Semi-continuous calciothermic REE reduction and production

CMI researchers at Terves conducted the research for this highlight

Understanding C and H impurities in doping of (Al,Ga)2O3

CMI researchers at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory conducted the research for this highlight

Beneficiation of cobalt ores from Iron Creek, Idaho

CMI researchers at Colorado School of Mines conducted the research for this highlight

XRT scan showing high-density (Co-rich, in blue) and low-density (red) material in individual specimen.

Record (BH)max of 36.5 MGOe for the La-Nd based magnet

CMI researchers at Ames National Laboratory conducted the research for this highlight

line graph shows HD and ribbon samples sintered, heat treated, and diffusion treated using the same procedure. HD sample used the PrCuAl powder that was hydrogen decrepitated before ball milling, while the ribbon sample used the normal PrCuAl powders. The HD treated PrCuAl powder helps the grains to be better aligned.

Taming complexity of disordered γ-Ga2O3

CMI researchers at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory conducted the research for this highlight

Illustration of the atomic structure of the disordered spinel γ-Ga2O3

High purity water and metals recovery from lithium-ion battery recycling stream

CMI researchers at Idaho National Laboratory conducted the research for this highlight

Preparation, evaluation and characterization of rare earth alloys directly from oxide intermediates

CMI researchers at Idaho National Laboratory conducted the research for this highlight

Rare earth metals from environmental-friendly recycling and reduction processes

CMI researchers at Ames National Laboratory conducted the research for this highlight