Erbium Metal 99%
Erbium Metal 99%, code 6867
Formula: Er
CAS No.: 7440-52-0
Molecular Weight: 167.26
Density: 9066kg/m³
Melting point: 1497°C
Appearance: Silvery grey lump piwces, ingot, rods or wires
Stability: Stable in the air
Ductibility: Good
Multilingual: Erbium Metall, Metal De Erbium, Metal Del Erbio
Erbium Metal, is mainly metallurgical uses. Added to vanadium, for example, erbium lowers hardness and improves workability. There are also a few applications for nuclear industry. Erbium Metal can be further processed to various shapes of ingots, pieces, wires, foils, slabs, rods, discs and powder. The other main application is for nuclear technology.
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Product Code: 6867 Standard Specification Typical Analysis Inspection Methods
Grade 99% 99%  
CHEMICAL COMPOSITION
Er/TREM (% min.) 99 99
TREM (% min.) 99 99 Volumetric Method
Rare Earth Impurities % max. %
Gd/TREM
Tb/TREM
Dy/TREM
Ho/TREM
Tm/TREM
Yb/TREM
Lu/TREM
Y/TREM
0.01
0.05
0.1
0.3
0.3
0.3
0.1
0.6
0.005
0.03
0.02
0.2
0.1
0.1
0.03
0.5
ICP-Atomic Emission
Spectrographic
Non-Rare Earth Impurities % max. %
Fe
Si
Ca
Al
Mg
W
Ta
O
C
Cl
0.15
0.01
0.05
0.03
0.1
0.1
0.05
0.2
0.03
0.02
0.12
0.01
0.05
0.02
0.1
0.05
0.05
0.15
0.02
0.02
Spectrographic

Atomic Absorption Spectrographic
Processing capacity
Powder Wire Rod Foil Slab Disc
Metal Powder Metal Wire Metal Rod Metal Foil Metal Slab Metal Disc
fineness to
325mesh;
250mesh;
100mesh;
60mesh;
40mesh
diameter to
0.1mm, 0.5mm, 1.0mm, 5mm and length to 100mm or more
diameter to 5mm, 1cm, 5cm, 10cm, and length to 30cm thickness to 0.25mm, 0.5mm, 1.0mm, and width to 40cm thickness to 1cm, 2cm, 3cm, width to 40cm thickness to 0.1mm, 0.25mm, 0.5mm, 1.0mm and diameter to 35cm
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