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Facts about Yttrium

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Yttrium (chemical symbol Y, atomic number 39) is a lustrous, silvery metal that is found in most rare-earth minerals.

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Interestingly, lunar rock samples retrieved by Apollo space missions were found to have a relatively high content of yttrium.

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In 1828, Friedrich Wцhler isolated yttrium by reducing anhydrous yttrium chloride (YCl3) with potassium.

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Potentially, yttrium can be used in ceramic and glass formulas, since yttrium oxide has a high melting point and imparts shock resistance and low thermal expansion characteristics to glass.

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Natural yttrium is composed of only one isotope, Y-89, which is stable.

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Yttrium iron garnet is an effective microwave filter, and yttrium aluminum garnet is used as a gemstone.

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Yttrium has been studied for possible use as a nodulizer in the production of nodular cast iron, which has increased ductility.

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Yttrium was discovered by Finnish chemist, physicist, and mineralogist Johan Gadolin in 1794.

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Yttrium is at the start of the series of transition metals in period 5 of the periodic table and is located between strontium and zirconium.

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When yttrium is finely divided, it is very unstable in air.

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Yttrium and yttria were named after this village.

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Yttrium is also used as a catalyst for certain reactions and in gas mantles for propane lanterns.

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Yttrium occurs in nature in almost all rare-earth minerals and uranium ores, but never as a free element.

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The common oxidation state of yttrium is +3.

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