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Formula: La2O3 CAS No.: 1312-81-8 Molecular Weight: 325.82 Density: 6.51 g/cm3 Melting point: 2315°C Appearance: White powder Solubility: Insoluble in water, moderately soluble in strong mineral acids Stability: Strongly hygroscopic Multilingual: LanthanOxid, Oxyde De Lanthane, Oxido De Lanthano
Lanthanum Oxide 99.99% is applied in making special optical glasses to improves the alkali resistance of glass,and is used in La-Ce-Tb phosphors for fluorescent lamps and making special optical glasses, And it is also used as a grain growth additive during the liquid phase sintering of Silicon Nitride and Zirconium Diboride. The other main application is for phosphors.
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Product Code: 5793
Standard Specification
Typical Analysis
Inspection Methods
Grade
99.99%
99.99%
CHEMICAL COMPOSITION
La2O3/TREO (% min.)
99.99
99.99
TREO (% min.)
98
98
Volumetric Method
Loss on ignition (% max.)
2
1
Rare Earth Impurities
ppm max.
ppm
CeO2 Pr6O11 Nd2O3 Sm2O3 Eu2O3 Gd2O3 Y2O3
50 50 50 10 10 10 10
10 20 30 10 10 10 10
ICP-Atomic Emission Spectrographic
Non-Rare Earth Impurities
ppm max.
ppm
Fe2O3 SiO2 CaO CoO NiO CuO MnO2 Cr2O3 CdO PbO
50 100 100 5 5 3 5 3 5 50
50 50 100 5 3 3 5 3 5 50
Spectrographic
Atomic Absorption Spectrographic
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