Pure Rare Earth Metals
Rare earth metal is one of a set of 17 metallic elements in the periodic table, specifically the fifteen lanthanides, as well as scandium and yttrium. Though the abundance of the rare earth metals is very high, their availability is very low as their percentage of concentrations in ores are extremely low, as low as 5% availability by weight. Rare earth metals exhibit similar properties chemically, while they are very different in physical aspects and possess different electronic and magnetic properties.
As a leading supplier of rare earth metals and alloys, Alfa Chemistry specializes in providing high-quality rare earth metals as following:
Pure Rare Earth Metals
Yttrium
Catalog: ACAM-REE-P001
Symbol: Y
Features: Silver-gray
Purity: 3N (Y/RE ≥ 99.9%)
Shape: Block, Ingot, Powder, or Customized
Uses: Yttrium is often used as an additive in alloys. It increases the strength of aluminum and magnesium alloys. It is also used in the making of microwave filters for radar and has been used as a catalyst in ethene polymerization.
Lanthanum
Catalog: ACAM-REE-P002
Symbol: La
Features: Silver-gray
Purity: 99.5
Shape: Block, Ingot, Powder, or Customized
Uses: Lanthanum is one of the rare earth elements used to make carbon arc lights which are used in the motion picture industry for studio lighting and projector lights. Lanthanum also makes up about 25% of Misch metal, a material that is used to make flints for lighters.
Cerium
Catalog: ACAM-REE-P003
Symbol: Ce
Features: Silver-gray
Purity: 3N (Ce/RE ≥ 99.9%)
Uses: Cerium is mainly used in hydrogen storage materials. And it also can be used as a pigment and used in flat-screen TVs, low-energy light bulbs and floodlights.
Praseodymium
Catalog: ACAM-REE-P004
Symbol: Pr
Features: Silver-gray
Purity: 2N (Pr/RE ≥ 99%)
Uses: Praseodymium can be used in a variety of alloys, for instance, it is used in alloys for permanent magnets. Along with other lanthanide elements, it is used in carbon arc electrodes for studio lighting and projection.
Neodymium
Catalog: ACAM-REE-P005
Symbol: Nd
Features: Silver-gray
Purity: 2N5 (Nd/RE ≥ 99.5%)
Shape: Block, Ingot, Powder, or Customized
Uses: Neodymium is mainly used with iron and boron to create powerful permanent magnets. And it can act as additive in some functional materials.
Samarium
Catalog: ACAM-REE-P006
Symbol: Sm
Features: Silver-gray
Purity: 4N (Sm/RE ≥ 99.99%)
Shape: Block, Ingot, Powder, or Customized
Uses: Samarium is used to dope calcium chloride crystals for use in optical lasers. It is also used in infrared absorbing glass and as a neutron absorber in nuclear reactors.
Europium
Catalog: ACAM-REE-P007
Symbol: Eu
Features: Silver-gray
Purity: 2N5 (Eu/RE ≥ 99.5%)
Uses: Europium is used in the production of phosphors, enamels and glazes, as well as in the manufacture of infrared generating equipment and laser equipment, and in the atomic energy industry.
Gadolinium
Catalog: ACAM-REE-P008
Symbol: Gd
Features: Silver-gray
Purity: 2N5 (Gd/RE ≥ 99.5%)
Uses: Gadolinium is used in the production of phosphors, the manufacture of infrared generating equipment and laser equipment, and the atomic energy industry.
Terbium
Catalog: ACAM-REE-P009
Symbol: Te
Features: Silver-gray
Purity: 3N (Te/RE ≥ 99.9%)
Shape: Block, Ingot, Powder, or Customized
Uses: Terbium can be used as a doping agent in solid-state devices, as a crystal stabilizer of fuel cells. Alloys of terbium are used in the manufacturing of electronic devices like sensors, sound bug devices, and actuators.
Dysprosium
Catalog: ACAM-REE-P010
Symbol: Dy
Features: Silver-gray
Purity: 3N (Dy/RE ≥ 99.9%)
Shape: Block, Ingot, Powder, or Customized
Uses: Dysprosium's main use is in alloys for neodymium-based magnets. It can also be used in magneto strictive alloys and magneto-optical storage materials.
Holmium
Catalog: ACAM-REE-P011
Symbol: Ho
Features: Silver-gray
Purity: 2N (Ho/RE ≥ 99%)
Uses: Holmium can absorb neutrons, so it is used in nuclear reactors to keep a chain reaction under control. Its alloys are used in some magnets.
Erbium
Catalog: ACAM-REE-P012
Symbol: Er
Features: Silver-gray
Purity: 2N (Er/RE ≥ 99%)
Uses: Erbium is used in alloys especially with vanadium to decrease the hardness of metals. It is also used in amplifiers and lasers. Erbium can be used in photographic filters to absorb infrared light.
Thulium
Catalog: ACAM-REE-P013
Symbol: Tm
Features: Silver-gray
Purity: 2N (Tm/RE ≥ 99%)
Shape: Block, Ingot, Powder, or Customized
Uses: Thulium is mainly used in atomic metal parts.
Ytterbium
Catalog: ACAM-REE-P014
Symbol: Yb
Features: Silver-gray
Purity: 2N (Yb/RE ≥ 99%)
Shape: Block, Ingot, Powder, or Customized
Uses: Ytterbium can be used in memory devices and tunable lasers. It can also be used as an industrial catalyst and is increasingly being used to replace other catalysts considered to be too toxic and polluting.
Lutetium
Catalog: ACAM-REE-P015
Symbol: Lu
Features: Silver-gray
Purity: 2N (Tm/RE ≥ 99%)
Uses: Lutetium is mainly used as additives in special steel and nonferrous metals. And it also can be used as a catalyst for cracking petroleum products in oil refineries.
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