Erbium is a chemical element with the symbol Er and atomic number 68.
Natural erbium is a silvery-white solid metal when artificially isolated, and natural erbium is always chemically combined with other elements.
Erbium is another silvery-white metal with desirable optical properties that make them particularly suitable for laser applications. Erbium is one of the lanthanide rare earth elements. Pure erbium metal is malleable, flexible, and fairly stable in air. It oxidizes more slowly than some other rare earth metals. Common uses of erbium are as a photographic filter and as a metallurgical additive. Erbium is also used in nuclear technology. When alloyed with vanadium, erbium reduces hardness and improves machinability.
Erbium Metal Chunks
Symbol: Er
Atomic number: 68
Atomic weight: 167.259
Element category: lanthanide
Application of erbium
Erbium-doped glasses are simple laser optical amplifiers and erbium is also a key component of fibers for optical communications. Er: YAG laser is essential for laser surgery. Erbium is also used in a variety of other applications, such as neutron-absorbing control rods for nuclear reactors, glass colorants, cubic zirconia and porcelain, and cryogenic coolers.
Erbium Metal
Edgetech Industries provides various terbium metal products including:
Purity for our erbium metal
Reduced: Er/TREM: 99.9%, 99.99%, TREM: 99%, 99.5%
Irregular: powder, lump, chunk, granules, particles.
Solid: Ingot, block, sheet, plate, disc, rod, wire, pellets, sputtering target, and other customized parts.
Irregular Erbium Metal
We provide powder, lump, chunk, granules, and particles for irregular erbium.
Size range for each erbium product:
Powder: -100mesh, -200 mesh, -325mesh
Lump & Chunk: 1-100mm
Granules: 1-30mm
Particles: 1-10mm
Dendritic terbium: 1-100mm per production
Shaped Erbium Metal
We provide sheet, plate, ingot, rod, wire, cylinder, block, disc, and sputtering targets for shaped erbium.
Erbium Metal Target
Size range for each erbium metal product:
Foil: 0.1mm min thick x 5-200mm width x L
Sheet & Plate: 0.5mm-40mm Thick x 10-150mm Width x 10-300mm Length
Rod, Wire, Cylinder, Pellets: 0.5mm-12mm diameter x 10mm min Length
Round erbium sputtering target or disc:
Diameter: <18”, Thickness: >0.04”
Rectangular erbium sputtering target:
Length: <36”, Width: <12”, Thickness: >0.04”
Block & Ingot: Customized
Erbium Oxide
Erbium Oxide, also known as Erbia, is a light pink powder in appearance with a cubic crystal structure. Er2O3 is insoluble in water, but soluble in mineral acids. Erbium Oxide readily absorbs moisture and carbon dioxide from the air.
Purity of our Erbium Oxide
Er2O3/TREO: 3N, 4N, 5N
Products of our Erbium Oxide
Er2O3 Powder
Nanoparticles (Nano Erbium Oxide powder)
Er2O3 Granules, Lump, Tablets
Erbium Oxide Sputtering Target
Applications
-Used as a colorant in glasses and porcelain enamel glazes. High-purity Erbium Oxide is widely applied as dopant in making optical fiber and amplifiers.
-Used as gate dielectrics in semiconductor devices due to its high dielectric constant and large band gap.
-Erbium Oxide nano-particles on carbon nano-tubes are used in biomedical applications due to its photoluminescent properties.
Erbium Fluoride
Erbium Fluoride (ErF3), also known as Erbium Trifluoride, Erbium (III) fluoride, Trifluoroerbium, is a crystalline ionic compound.
Purity of our Erbium Fluoride (ErF3)
Erbium Fluoride (ErF3), TREO>81%
REO/TREO: 3N, 4N
Erbium Fluoride is widely used in optical coating, optical fiber doping, laser crystal, crystal materials, and laser amplifier.
Erbium Hexaboride (ErB6)
Purity: 99.5%
Products: Powder, Target, Cylinder
Erbium(III) chloride hydrate
Erbium(III) chloride, the erbium(III) salt of hydrochloric acid, is a violet solid used for the preparation of erbium metal.
ErCl3·6H2O
Molar mass: 273.62 g/mol, 381.71 (hydrate)
Density: 4.1 g/cm³
Boiling point: 2,732°F (1,500°C)
Melting point: 1,429°F (776°C)
Appearance: violet hygroscopic monoclinic crystals (anhydrous); pink hygroscopic crystals (hexahydrate)
Solubility in water: soluble in water (anhydrous); slightly soluble in ethanol (hexahydrate)
Erbium(III) acetate hydrate
Erbium(III) acetate hydrate
(CH3CO2)3Er · xH2O, TREO: >35%
REO/TREO: 3N, 4N
CAS Number: 207234-04-6
Molecular Weight: 344.39 (anhydrous basis)
Erbium(III) carbonate hydrate
Erbium(III) carbonate hydrate
Er2(CO3)3·xH2O, TREO: >42%
REO/TREO: 3N, 4N
CAS Number: 22992-83-2
Molecular Weight: 514.54 (anhydrous basis)
Erbium(III) nitrate pentahydrate
Erbium(III) nitrate pentahydrate
Er(NO3)3·xH2O, TREO: >40%
REO/TREO: 3N, 4N
CAS Number: 10031-51-3
Molecular Weight: 443.35 (pentahydrate)
Erbium Oxalate
Erbium Oxalate, REO/TREO: 99.9%,99.99%
Formula: Er2(C2O4)3.10H2O
CAS No.: 30618-31-6
Molecular Weight: 778.57
Appearance: Pink crystalline
Solubility: Soluble in strong mineral acids
Stability: Slightly hygroscopic
Multilingual: ErbiumOxalat, Oxalate De Erbium, Oxalate Del Erbio
Erbium Oxalate is an important colorant in glasses and porcelain enamel glazes. The other main application is used for making halide lamps and ceramics.
Packaging of our erbium products
Erbium products are clearly tagged and labeled externally to ensure efficient identification and quality control. Great care is taken to avoid any damage which might be caused during storage or transportation.
Specific available purity might be different from each product based on processing & inventory raw material.
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