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Rundown About Thulium

Thulium(Tm) is one the lanthanide elements with an atomic number 69. Thulium is a bright, malleable, soft and silvery-gray rare earth metal with the most common oxidation state +3 like other lanthanides. In water soluble thulium compounds form coordination complexes with nine water molecules. It slowly tarnishes in air resulting in thulium oxide, reacts with water forming thulium hydroxide and hydrogen gas. At room temperature thulium is readily reacts with all halogens, forms solutions containing the pale green Tm 3+  ions which exists as [Tm(OH) 9 ] 3+  when it dissolved in dilute sulfuric acid. Swedish chemist Per Teodor Cleve discovered thulium in 1879 by looking for impurities of other rare earth metals oxides. This discovery method was similar to another’s Swedish chemist Carl Gustaf Mosander. In 1911 thulium was firstly prepared as pure element by repeated bromate fractional crystallizations, which later got name “James Method”, by Charles James in New Hampshire. ...

Specifications of Thulium Rare Earth Element

* Thulium element is a rare earth element with symbol Tm. And its atomic number is 69. Thulium rare earth element was discovered by Per Teodor Cleve in 1879. * This rare earth element bright, soft and malleable silver-gray element.It can be cut by a knife.Thulium is a rare earth metal and is one of the least abundant. * Thulium rare earth metal become dulles slowly in dry air to form the oxide. Also this rare earth metal reacts with water to form the hydroxide and hydrogen gas. Especially thulium powder which has high purity is very effective for reacting air and water. * Thulium rare earth element is considered to be non-toxic.  * Radioactive isotope of this rare earth element(170Tm) is produced by bombarding thulium in a nuclear reactor. It has a half-life of 128 days.Also it is used as a movable source of x-rays.  * Thulium rare earth element is used for doping yttrium aluminum garnets (YAG) used in lasers.  * Thulium rare earth element is used in all...