Element Yttrium (Y), Group 3, Atomic Number 39, d-block, Mass 88.906. Sources, facts, uses, scarcity (SRI), podcasts, alchemical symbols, videos and images. read more
Yttrium is a chemical element with symbol Y and atomic number 39. It is a silvery-metallic transition metal chemically similar to the lanthanides and has often been classified as a "rare-earth element". read more
Yttrium oxide (Y 2 O 3) accounts for the element’s largest use. The oxide, as well as yttrium vanadate (YVO 4), is used with europium to make phosphors to create the red color in television tubes. Hundreds of thousands of pounds of yttrium oxide are used this way. read more
Yttrium aluminium garnet, also known as YAG, is a very important synthetic mineral. It is used to make hard, artificial diamonds, which sparkle just like the real ones. What is more, by introducing small quantities of lanthanide ions, materials with a range of useful properties can be made. read more