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Lanthanum Oxide Specifications

Lanthanum oxide (La2O3) compound is the oxide form compound of the lanthanide metal lanthanum. Lanthanum oxide is also known as lanthana and lanthanum sesquioxide. Lanthanum oxide has a white color. Lanthanum oxide is not soluble in water, but readily dissolves in dilute mineral acids. The hexagonal crystal structure is the structure in which lanthanum oxide exists at low temperature. But at high temperatures lanthanum oxide may have a cubic crystal structure. Lanthanum oxide starts to melt at temperature of 2315oC, and lanthanum oxide has a boiling point at a high temperature of 4200oC. Due to its ability to absorb carbon dioxide and moisture, lanthanum oxide becomes lanthanum carbonate and lanthanum hydroxide, respectively, in the presence of air. Lanthanum oxide has a variety of applications.
Lanthanum oxide is used in the manufacturing of optical glasses to increases density, refractive index and hardness of glasses
Lanthanum oxide is used in electrode materials and in light emitting material
Lanthanum oxide is used in hydrogen storage materials and in laser materials
Lanthanum oxide is used in piezoelectric materials to increase product piezoelectric coefficients and improve product energy conversion efficiency
Lanthanum oxide is used as precursor to LAMOX fast ion conductors and superconductors
Lanthanum oxide is used to prepare organic product catalyst and automobile exhaust catalyst
Lanthanum oxide is used in X-ray imaging intensifying screens and in magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)
Lanthanum oxide is used for magnetic data storage as a magnetic nanoparticle 

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