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Thulium, a bright silvery luster, is the second least abundant rare earth metal. Thulium is used as the radiation source for portable X-ray devices which are important tools for medical and dental diagnosis. Thulium is also a component of lasers with emissions in the microwave region, which makes them useful in military, medicine and meteorology.
Ytterbium, named after a Swedish village, is another soft and bright silvery metal with various applications. Ytterbium-169 is a radiation source for portable X-ray machines and it is also used in nuclear medicine. Ytterbium is doped to stainless steel to enhance its mechanical properties. Low concentrations of ytterbium are doped to active laser media to create powerful lasers. Ytterbium is used in the world’s most stable atomic clock and it is also used in stress gauges to monitor deformation form earthquakes and explosions on the ground.
Lutetium, as the last rare earth element, has several interesting applications. For examples, lutetium isotopes can data the age of meteorites and are used to target tumors experimentally. Lutetium can act as catalysts for petroleum refining and other chemical reactions. Lutetium is also used in LED light bulbs. Lutetium also has applications in high refractive index lens, magnetic bubble memory devices and positron emission tomography detectors.
Yttrium, a slivery-metallic transition metal, has often been classified as a rare earth element. Yttrium has been widely used in various fields. For example, yttrium oxide is served as the host lattice for producing phosphors which are used in colored televisions and LEDs. Yttrium is also used for producing a variety of synthetic garnets with different applications such as microwave filters, acoustic energy transmitters and transducers. Yttrium can be used to produce powerful pulsed lasers and superconductors. In biomedical field, yttrium is used in cancer treatment drugs, rheumatoid arthritis medicines and surgical supplies. Small amounts of yttrium can reduce the grain sizes of chromium, molybdenum, titanium and zirconium. Yttrium is also used to enhance the strength of aluminum and magnesium alloys. The addition of yttrium to alloys can generally add resistance to high-temperature recrystallization and high-temperature oxidation.
Scandium, a transition metal with a silvery appearance, is often classified as a non-lanthanide rare earth element. It is widely used in various products, such as fluorescent lamps, baseball bats and bicycle frames. In industry, it is primarily alloyed to other metal compounds to produce high performance materials. Currently, the only known concentrated sources of scandium are thortveitite, euxenite and gadolinite, which are rare minerals from Scandinavia and Madagascar. At Edgetech, we provide Scandium metal with different forms such as powder, lump and other shaped products. We also supply a variety of Scandium compounds such as oxides, carbonates, chloride, fluoride and nitrate. Scandium alloys, mainly Scandium Aluminum alloys are also available.
We can provide Nano CeO2, Nano Er2O3, Nano Yb2O3, Nano Gd2O3, Nano Dy2O3, Nano Ho2O3 and etc. Our product features： Stable dispersion performance, Good crystallization performance, High reactivity, Very fine primary particle size, Low non-rare earth impurities
