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April 20, 2022Blog, Rare Earth

Element Information about Rare Earth Lanthanum

Introduction Lanthanum is a rare-earth element with a silvery-white appearance. It is represented as La and is number one on the lanthanide series. Lanthanum is described as the second most reactive element in the lanthanide series. Contrary to its classification as a rare-earth element, lanthanum is the 28th most abundant element. It is also the...

April 12, 2022Blog, Rare Earth

Rare Earth Holmium- Facts and Applications

Overview of Holmium Holmium is a silvery-white rare-earth element commonly represented as Ho. This element is soft, malleable, and relatively volatile. Its name is derived from the Latin variant of Stockholm (Holmia). Jacques-Louis Soret and Marc Delafontaine are the two scientists credited for discovering Holmium. It was first discovered in 1878 and was first isolated by...

April 7, 2022Blog, Rare Earth

An Overview of Rare-Earth Gadolinium

Gadolinium is a rare-earth metal commonly used in important applications like magnetic resonance imaging techniques and jewelry manufacture. It is commonly represented as Gd and has an atomic number 64. Since its discovery in 1880 by Jean Charles Galissard de Marignac, it wasn’t available in its pure form until Paul-Emile Lecoq de Boisbaudran — a...

March 29, 2022Blog, Rare Earth

Facts about Europium Rare Earth Element

Europium is a chemical element that belongs to the Lanthanide series. This means it is a rare-earth element. It is distinct for being the most reactive, the rarest, the least dense, and the softest rare-earth element. It is so reactive that it is stored beneath a non-reactive fluid. Europium is named after Europe. Paul-Émile Lecoq...

March 21, 2022Blog, Rare Earth

Erbium Rare Earth Element: Introduction, Properties, and Applications

Introduction Erbium is one of the 17 rare-earth elements. This means it also belongs to the lanthanide series. Its atomic number is 68, and its symbol is Er. When one is told that Erbium is a rare-earth metal, one might expect it to be challenging to come across. However, Erbium ranks number 45 in the...

March 15, 2022Blog, Rare Earth

Rare Earth Element Dysprosium – An Overview

Dysprosium is a rare-earth element with a lustrous and silvery appearance. Like most other rare-earth metals, it belongs to the Lanthanide series. Its name was derived from the Greek word dysprositos which can be translated as hard to get. Dysprosium was discovered in 1886 by a scientist known as Paul Emile Lecoq de Boisbaudran. However,...

March 8, 2022Blog, Evaporation Materials, PVD, Sputtering Technology

An Introduction to Arc Ion Plating

Arc Ion Plating is a technological process developed in the United States of America in the 60s. Since then, it has become more widely used and accepted in other parts of the world. Energy from evaporation as well as ionization is incorporated to achieve the goal of arc ion plating. The goal of arc ion...

February 28, 2022Applications, Blog, Sputtering Technology

3 Types of Magnetron Sputtering Films and Their Applications

Magnetron sputtering is one of the most popular methods for sputter deposition. Powerful magnets confine plasma electrons close to the target. It entails depositing material from a source to a substrate via sputtering using a high magnetic and electric field. It is generally used to deposit alloys, metals, and other materials on a substrate. It was first...

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