Osborn Club Lecture

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Date/Time:Monday, 10 Mar 2014 at 7:00 pm
Location:Hach Hall, atrium
Cost:Free
URL:http://www.ent.iastate.edu/osbornclub/pr...grams/view
Contact:Cynthia Jenks
Phone:515-294-8486
Channel:Groups, governance
Categories:Lectures
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"Critical Materials: Past, Present and Future," Alexander King, Critical Materials Institute, U.S. Department of Energy's Ames Laboratory. Osborn Club lectures are open to the public, following the club members' dinner.

The Critical Materials Institute has been established in response to shortages of rare earth elements, but this is not the first time a material has become critical, and it probably will not be the last. We will review the causes of the "rare earth crisis" and compare it to previous supply chain failures, going back as far as the Bronze Age. We will look at the political impacts of these shortages and the technological responses to them, and see how things have changed over the years. Finally, we will peer into the crystal ball, and try to figure out what might happen next.