Yttrium Metal
Yttrium Metal
Yttrium is a silvery-metallic transition metal, similar to the lanthanides. It is found in most rare-earth minerals.
Symbol: Y
Atomic number: 39
Atomic weight: 88.90584
Element category: transition metal
Application of yttrium
Yttrium aluminum garnet (YAG) laser, yttrium vanadate (YVO4) as host for europium in television red phosphor, YBCO high-temperature superconductors, yttria-stabilized zirconia (YSZ), yttrium iron garnet(YIG) microwave filters, energy-efficient light bulbs (part of triphosphor white phosphor coating in fluorescent tubes, CFLs and CCFLs, and yellow phosphor coating in white LEDs), spark plugs, gas mantles, additive to steel, cancer treatments
Edgetech Industries now can provide various Y metal products including:
Material: reduced Y, distilled Y metal (Y sublimed dendritic)
Irregular: powder, lump, chunk, granules, particles.
Solid: Ingot, block, sheet, plate, disc, rod, wire, pellets, sputtering target and other customized parts.