Rare Earth Metal- Yttrium (Y 39)

Rare Earth Element - Yttrium

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Yttrium
Y 39
88.90585 amu
4.472 g/cm3
1,526 Degrees C
3,609 Degrees C
380 kJ/mol
White Powder

Key Industries for Yttrium

  • Automobile Industry
  • Aircraft Construction Industry
  • Electronic Industry


Key Applications for Yttrium

  • Permanent magnets
  • Microwave engineering
  • Memory chips in high frequency engineering
  • Super conductors In oxygen sensors (for reducing harmful automobile exhaust)
  • Aircraft construction (for improving the strength of aluminum alloys)
  • Nucleosynthesis
  • Isotopes
  • Synthetic garnets


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