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Specifications of Yttrium Rare Earth Element

*Yttrium was found by Carl Arrhenius in 1787 in Sweden. Later on Johan Gadolin made lots of researches about this element. Its chemical symbol is Y. *Yttrium  silvery-white metal is considered to be slightly toxic when it is in the water soluble compounds. Yttrium rare earth metal's insoluble compounds are accepted to be non-toxic. *Yttrium is a soft and silvery metal. Most of its compounds are colorless. It is usually ignited in air when heated. *Although Yttrium element is very reactive in nature, it is not easy to find this element free in nature. *Through Yttrium's reaction with water, yttrium hydroxide and hydrogen gas is formed. *Yttrium rare earth element is usually used in making alloys and increasing the strength of some metals. It is also used in electrical and electronic industry. *Yttrium oxide also is used to produce yttrium-iron-garnets, which are very effective microwave filters. http://nanografi.com/nanoparticles/y2o3-yttrium-ox...