Lutetium Metal Powder Lu CAS 7439-94-3, The Hardest And Densest Metal Among Rare Earth Elements

Lutetium metal powder, as the powder form of rare earth element lutetium, has unique physical and chemical properties. Its silver-white appearance and high-density characteristics make lutetium powder widely used in many high-tech fields.
In the field of optics, lutetium powder can be used to manufacture high-performance optical glasses, improve the wear resistance and corrosion resistance of the glass, and make the optical devices more durable and stable. In lasers, lutetium powder is also used as a laser material, and its high laser efficiency and long laser life make it play an important role in the fields of laser cutting, laser printing and laser engraving.
In addition, lutetium powder is also used in the electronics industry as a material for the manufacture of electronic components such as capacitors, inductors and transformers. In the medical field, lutetium powder can be used in the manufacture of radiopharmaceuticals and medical radiolabels for the treatment and diagnosis of cancer and thyroid diseases.

product details

products features

Name: Lutetium metal powder, Lutetium powder

Molecular formula: Lu

CAS: 7439-94-3

Molecular weight: 174.97

Description

Lutetium ranks 15th in the abundance of rare earth elements, and it is the rarest of lanthanides. In order to produce lutetium metal, alkali metal or alkaline earth metal can be used to reduce anhydrous lucl3 or LuF3. Only industrial pure lutetium can be obtained by calcium thermal reduction of fluoride. Generally, the purity of lutetium is 98%. In order to improve the purity of the reduced product, it is necessary to further sublimate and purify the smelting lutetium ingot.

Specification

Name		Lu_4N	Lu_3N
Molecular formula		Lu	Lu
CAS		7439-94-3	7439-94-3
Total rare earth TREM	%	≥99.0	≥99.0
Lu/TREM	%	≥99.99	≥99.90
Total rare earth impurities	%	≤0.01	≤0.10
Fe	%	≤0.01	≤0.05
Si	%	≤0.01	≤0.03
C	%	≤0.01	≤0.03
Particle size		-100 or -200 or -325 mesh
Property		powder
Application area		Activators for energy battery technology and phosphors.
Package		Anti-oxidation measures sealed packaging, flexible packaging according to customer needs

Package: Under Argon atmosphere or vacuum packaging, 1kg or 5kg per bag, also provide small package: 100g, 200g, 500g and other small packaging.

Used

(1) Make some special alloys. For example, lutetium aluminum alloy can be used for neutron activation analysis.

(2) Stable lutetium plays a catalytic role in petroleum cracking, alkylation, hydrogenation and polymerization.

(3) The addition of yttrium iron or yttrium aluminum garnet improves some properties.

(4) The material of magnetic bubble reservoir.

(5) A kind of composite functional crystal, aluminum yttrium neodymium doped with lutetium tetraborate, belongs to the technical field of salt solution cooling growth crystal. Experiments show that the optical uniformity and laser performance of lutetium doped NYAB crystal are better than NYAB crystal.

(6) It has been found that lutetium has potential applications in electrochromic displays and low dimensional molecular semiconductors. In addition, lutetium is also used in energy battery technology and phosphor activator.