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Lutetium Element Facts

https://nanografi.com/blog/lutetium-element-facts-/ Photo retrieved from https://uwaterloo.ca/chemistry/international-year-chemistry/periodic-table-project/lutetium - Lutetium is a chemical element with symbol Lu and atomic number 71 -Origin of name of Lutetium is Lutetia, the ancient name of Paris. - Lutetium is the last element in the lanthanide series, and is traditionally counted among the rare earths. - Lutetium is a silvery white metal, which resists corrosion in dry, but not in moist air. - Lutetium is not a particularly abundant element, although it is significantly more common than silver in the earth's crust. - Lutetium is considered to be non toxic. - Lutetium tarnishes slowly in air and burns at 150 oC to the oxide. - Lutetium is the densest and hardest of the lanthanides. - When present in compounds, lutetium exists usually in the trivalent state, Lu 3+ Most of its salts are colorless . - Lutetium oxide is used to make catalysts for cracking hydrocarbo...