Product Name: Lutetium Fluoride
CAS: 13760-81-1
MF: F3Lu
MW: 231.96
EINECS: 237-355-8
Melting point: 1182 °C
Boiling point: 2200 °C
Density: 8.332
Form: powder
Specific Gravity: 8.3
| Grade | 99.9999% | 99.999% | 99.99% | 99.9% |
| CHEMICAL COMPOSITION | ||||
| Lu2O3 /TREO (% min.) | 99.9999 | 99.999 | 99.99 | 99.9 |
| TREO (% min.) | 81 | 81 | 81 | 81 |
| Rare Earth Impurities | ppm max. | ppm max. | ppm max. | % max. |
| Tb4O7/TREO Dy2O3/TREO Ho2O3/TREO Er2O3/TREO Tm2O3/TREO Yb2O3/TREO Y2O3/TREO |
0.1 0.2 0.2 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.3 |
1 1 1 5 5 3 2 |
5 5 10 25 25 50 10 |
0.001 0.001 0.001 0.001 0.01 0.05 0.001 |
| Non-Rare Earth Impurities | ppm max. | ppm max. | ppm max. | % max. |
| Fe2O3 SiO2 CaO Cl- NiO ZnO PbO |
3 10 10 30 1 1 1 |
5 30 50 100 2 3 2 |
10 50 100 200 5 10 5 |
0.002 0.01 0.02 0.03 0.001 0.001 0.001 |
Lutetium Fluoride is applied in making laser crystal, and also have specialized uses in ceramics, glass, phosphors, lasers, also be used as catalysts in cracking, alkylation, hydrogenation, and polymerization.
Stable Lutetium can be used as catalysts in petroleum cracking in refineries and can also be used in alkylation, hydrogenation, and polymerization applications.