Quentin Bollaert, Felipe Velásquez-Ruiz, Changhong Wang
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Quentin Bollaert and colleagues explore pyrochlore from its fiery name to its role as the primary source of the world’s niobium, a vital element in steel manufacturing and battery technology.
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