thulium

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Lutetium and thulium based rare earth bulk metallic glasses

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  1. noun A bright, silvery rare-earth element obtained commercially from monazite, having an x-ray emitting isotope that is used in small portable medical x-ray units. Atomic number 69; atomic weight 168.934; melting point 1,545°C; boiling point 1,727°C; specific gravity 9.3; valence 2, 3. See Table at element.

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  • Lutetium and thulium based rare earth bulk metallic glasses —  歪酷博客 Ycool Blog
  • The four pairings are cadmium / dysprosium, vanadium / thulium, chromium / promethium and platinum / neodymium. —  WarCry Network : Latest News
  • Hereabouts worryingly of the orlando florida homes netherlander you semarang peristalsis your diadophis biomass, and the far definitely thulium gets you to your plica log. —  Rational Review
  • A draft report by China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology has called for a total ban on foreign shipments of terbium, dysprosium, yttrium, thulium, and lutetium. —  Slugger O'Toole
  • And China, which mines most of the world's rare earth metals, is weighing a total ban on exports of terbium, dysprosium, yttrium, thulium, and lutetium - and may restrict foreign sales of others. —  Megite Technology News: What's Happening Right Now
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