Yttrium Wanted
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About Yttrium
Yttrium
-Silvery color
Yttrium
Yttrium (Yag Laser)
More about Yttrium
-Used in alloys to decrease grain size or add strength
-The greatest use, in the form of yttrium oxide, is in television phosphors
-Another important use of yttrium is in the production to make a special laser used by NASA to measure the dimensions of the asteroid Eros (asteroid 433) and to map its special features
-To make the laser, yttrium is also combines with aluminum and synthetic garnet
-Radioactive yttrium can be used to treat cancer
Characteristics
-A solid at room temperature
-A silvery color
-Melting point: 1,523*C (2,772.6*F)
-Boling point: 3,337*C (6,053*F)
-Reacts slowly with cold water
- Reacts faster with hot water
-Doesn't react with oxygen at room temperature, but does react with oxygen at a higher temperature.
-Might react explosively with hot oxygen while being a powder
No Warning
Located and More Facts
-Is found in the Earth's crust and located in rocks on the moon
-Atomic number:39
-Symbol:Y
-Atomic Mass: 88.9059
-A metal
-Row 3
-2nd from top to bottom in the column in row 3
-Transition Metal
About the scientist who found yttrium
-A Finnish scientist
-Both a chemist and geologist
-Was born in Abo, Finland
-He studied the relationship of heat to chemical changes
-Was fluent in Latin, Finnish, Russian, German, English, and French
-Had 9 children with his wife, Hedvig Tihleman
-Died in Wirmo, Findland on August 15, 1852
Chemical Reaction Link
Sources
-www.youtube.com/watch?v=a4p8ahLI_AY
-https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johan_Gadolin
-https://fulton.mackinvia.com/
-http://ic.galegroup.com/ic/scic/ReferenceDetailsPage/ReferenceDetailsWindow?failOverType=&query=&prodId=SCIC&windowstate=normal&contentModules=&display-query=&mode=view&displayGroupName=Reference&limiter=&u=atla4154&currPage=&disableHighlighting=false&displayGroups=&sortBy=&source=&search_within_results=&p=SCIC&action=e&catId=&activityType=&scanId=&documentId=GALE%7CCV2644032436