Although not household names , materials with names such as lanthanum , cerium and ytterbium can be found hard-disk drives , cellphones , electric-car batteries and other products .
尽管不是家喻户晓,但例如镧、铈、镱这些材料却可以在硬盘驱动器、手机、电动车电池及其他产品中找到。
Lanthanum , for instance , still hovers 18 times above its 2009 price , while prices for cerium are still nearly 25 times higher , according to lynas .
据lynas的数据,镧元素价格目前是2009年的18倍,而铈价格仍比当时高出近25倍。
Global demand for materials such as lanthanum and neodymium was surging as the world 's appetite for hybrid cars , wind turbines and ever-faster phones with better screens increased .
随着混动汽车、风力涡轮机和速度越来越快、屏幕越来越好的手机需求增加,镧、钕等材料的需求出现井喷。
Rare earths are 17 chemically similar metallic elements such as europium , yttrium and lanthanum that have unique magnetic , optical and other properties crucial for miniaturisation , lasers and energy efficiency .
A kilogram of lanthanum oxide -- used in oil refining and hybrid vehicles -- now fetches just us $ 13 a kilo , compared with an average us $ 104 a kilo last year .