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Europium is a chemical element; it has symbol Eu and atomic number 63. It is a silvery-white metal of the lanthanide series that reacts readily with air to form a dark oxide coating. Europium is the most chemically reactive, least dense, and softest of the lanthanides. It is soft enough to be cut with a knife.
Rare-earth element abundances of basalts, of both terrestrial and lunar origins [1]. The europium anomaly is the phenomenon whereby the europium (Eu) concentration in a mineral is either enriched or depleted relative to some standard, commonly a chondrite or mid-ocean ridge basalt (MORB).
Naturally occurring europium (63 Eu) is composed of two isotopes, 151 Eu and 153 Eu, with 153 Eu being the most abundant (52.2% natural abundance).While 153 Eu is observationally stable (theoretically can undergo alpha decay with half-life over 5.5×10 17 years), 151 Eu was found in 2007 to be unstable and undergo alpha decay. [4]
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Europium is exempt of this classification as it has two valence states: Eu 2+ and Eu 3+. [29] Yttrium is grouped as heavy rare-earth element due to chemical similarities. [30] The break between the two groups is sometimes put elsewhere, such as between elements 63 (europium) and 64 (gadolinium). [31]
2 S) host lattice doped with europium (III) cation (Eu 3+) phosphors. [15] [9] [i] The red color itself is emitted from the europium while the yttrium collects energy from the electron gun and passes it to the phosphor. [68] Yttrium compounds can serve as host lattices for doping with different lanthanide cations.
118 chemical elements have been identified and named officially by IUPAC.A chemical element, often simply called an element, is a type of atom which has a specific number of protons in its atomic nucleus (i.e., a specific atomic number, or Z).
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