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Author’s Note: This paper is adapted from a report, Basic and Strategic Metals Industries: Threats and Opportunities, by the National Materials Advisory Board (NMAB) and the National Research Council (NRC). Prepared by the Committee on Science and Technology Implications for Processing Strategic Materials, chaired by Prof. N.J. Themelis, Chairman of the Henry Krumb School of Mines of Columbia University, and including J.C. Burrows, Charles River Associates; J.E. Coyne, Wyman-Gordon; Noel Jarrett, Alcoa; C.L. Kusik, A.D. Little; R.N. Kust, Exxon Minerals; R.K. Pitler, Allegheny Ludlum; B.B. Rath, Naval Research Lab; and J.B. Wachtman, Jr., Rutgers University. Prof. Tien of Columbia University was technical advisor to the committee, and Dr. George Economos of NMAB was staff liaison officer. The contributions of the above, as well as USBM and other government agency personnel, are gratefully acknowledged. The report, in its entirety, is available from FEMA, NMAB and the National Technical Information Service, Springfield, Virginia 22161.
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Themelis, N.J. NMAB Report on Basic and Strategic Metals Industries. JOM 38, 40–42 (1986). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03257870
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