Holmium Fluoride
 Holmium Fluoride
Formula: HoF3
CAS No.: 13760-78-6
Molecular Weight: 221.93
Density: 7.64 g/cm3
Melting point: 1143 °C
Appearance: Light yellow powder
Solubility: Soluble in strong mineral acids
Stability: Slightly  hygroscopic
Multilingual: HolmiumFluorid, Fluorure De Holmium, Fluoruro Del Holmio		 Holmium Fluoride has specialized uses in ceramics, glass, phosphors and metal halide lamp, and dopant to garnet laser. Holmium lasers are used in medical, dental, and fiber-optical applications. Holmium is one of the colorants used for cubic zirconia and glass, providing yellow or red coloring. They are therefore used as a calibration standard for optical spectrophotometers, and are available commercially. It is one of the colorants used for cubic zirconia and glass, providing yellow or red coloring.
Products available
Product Code 6741 6743 6745 6747
Grade 99.999% 99.99% 99.9% 99%
CHEMICAL COMPOSITION
Ho2O3 /TREO (% min.) 99.999 99.99 99.9 99
TREO (% min.) 81 81 81 81
Rare Earth Impurities ppm max. ppm max. % max. % max.
Tb4O7/TREO
Dy2O3/TREO
Er2O3/TREO
Tm2O3/TREO
Yb2O3/TREO
Lu2O3/TREO
Y2O3/TREO		 1
5
5
1
1
1
1		 10
20
50
10
10
10
10		 0.01
0.03
0.05
0.01
0.005
0.005
0.01		 0.1
0.3
0.3
0.1
0.01
0.01
0.05
Non-Rare Earth Impurities ppm max. ppm max. % max. % max.
Fe2O3
SiO2
CaO
Cl-		 50
10
30
50		 400
1000
500
100		 0.05
0.15
0.1
0.02		 0.1
0.2
0.2
0.05
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