稀土在中国高新材料研制开发中的应用

我国在稀土资源和稀土原料的生产方面都居世界领先地位，近年来稀土高新材料的研制与开发也取得重大进展。本文概述了我国在稀土高新材料开发与研究方面的成果，指出今后应把稀土应用基础研究、中重稀土的应用研究和稀土在能源领域的应用研究作为重点进一步开展工作。

Research and Development of Rare Earth Advanced Materials in China

China is rich in resources of rare earths(REs). Based on tremendous of work, China has madegreat achievements in research and development of REs since 1980s, and the production of RE products has won the leading poisition in the world. The application of RE elements in advanced materials have progressed significantiy during the past years. The wide range of rare earth application in China has been reviewed and discussed, including the development of RE advanced materials (RE-Al alloys, rare earth nonferrous metal alloys, rare earth luminescnet materials, rare earth hydrogen storage materials, rare earth permanent magnet and rare earth compounds used in agriculture) and the research of RE new materials (high T_c rare earth superconductor, rare earth electronic and photonic materials, rare earth ceramics and rare earth procious metals alloys). Finally, the further development works to be required are as followed: (1) To enhance the applied fundamental research, study the intrinsic properties of rare earth elements and develop less well known uses; (2) To undertake the applied research of middle and heavy rare earth and find a way out of the unbalance of RE resources in the various applications; (3) To strengthen the applied research of RE elements in energy field, solving the energy-related, energy-saved and environmental problems.