Thulium is found principally in the mineral monazite, which contains about 20 parts per million. It is extracted by ion exchange and solvent extraction. The ...

It is an easily workable metal with a bright silvery-gray luster. It is fairly soft and slowly tarnishes in air. Despite its high price and rarity, thulium is ...

Thulium exists as a solid at room temperature and is a silvery, odorless, hard metal that is stable in air, although over time it can tarnish. These properties ...

14 окт. 2024 г. · Thulium-170 is used in small portable X-ray sources suitable for medical X-ray imaging and nondestructive evaluation of thin-walled structures.

Thulium has been used to create lasers. When stable thulium (Tm-169) is bombarded in a nuclear reactor it can later serve as a radiation source in portable X- ...

Thulium is used to dope yttrium aluminum garnets (YAG) used in lasers. Thulium is also used in alloys with other rare earth metals. Thulium is used in euro ...

Laser Technology: Thulium is used to make lasers. It is added as a dopant to yttrium aluminum garnet (YAG) crystals to produce lasers that emit infrared light.

Thulium is a chemical element which is a member of the Lanthanide series and is placed in the 6th period. Symbol of the thulium element is Tm. It is a metal ...

It is also used to produce magnetic ceramics and alloys with other metals. It serves as a medical isotope. Biological Benefits. Thulium has no known biological ...