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A D V A N C E D M A T E R I A L S & P R O C E S S E S | F E B R U A R Y / M A R C H 2 0 2 1 3 0 significant step on the journey toward circular manufacturing. Although the demand and the justification for change are both evident, current analytical techniques are creating a bottleneck and impeding organizations as they take the first tentative steps. If recovery is too difficult or expensive then compa- nies will be forced to take the seemingly easier route toward REE ore extraction, and the mountain of e-waste will con- tinue to grow. Laboratories adopting advanced ICP-OES techniques for the detection and analysis of REEs can now deliver a more robust, high throughput and cost-effective service. By providing high-sensitivity results, with a large linear dynamic range, in a faster time frame, at a lower cost, laboratories are in a position to support the electron- ics industry’s move toward a more sus- tainable future. The rising demand for REEs needs to be met in a more sustain- able way; adopting quicker and more cost-effective analytical techniques for e-waste and environmental monitoring is one big step on that journey. ~AM&P For more information: Sukanya Sen- gupta, product specialist ICP-OES & GIRMS, Thermo Fisher Scientific, Han- na-Kunath Str. 11, 28199 Bremen, Germany, +49.0.421.5493.528, sukan- ya.sengupta@thermofisher.com, www. thermofisher.com/tea. Reference 1. Rare Earth Magnet Market Outlook to 2030, Adamas Intelligence, www. adamasintel.com/unfathomable-rare- earth-demand-growth. Fig. 4 — Recoveries of analytes, displaying instrument stability during long-term experiments run over two days. Each experiment constitutes at least six hours of continuous analysis in axial mode of the iCAP PRO XP Duo instrument.