Holmium is a chemical element with the symbol Ho and atomic number 67.
It is a rare earth element and the 11th element in the lanthanide series.
Discovered in 1878, holmium is a soft, malleable, malleable, silvery rare-earth metal. It has the highest magnetic permeability of all elements, similar to dysprosium. It is also used as a burnable poison in nuclear reactors due to its ability to absorb neutrons.
Symbol: Ho
Atomic number: 67
Atomic weight: 164.93033
Element category: lanthanide
Application of Holmium
Holmium is used in solid-state lasers which are widely used in microwave equipment and have applications in medical devices and optical fibers. Additionally, holmium is one of the colorants for cubic zirconia and glasses. Lasers, wavelength calibration standards for optical spectrophotometers, magnets, etc.
Holmium Metal
Edgetech Industries provides various holmium metal products including:
Purity for our holmium metal
Ho/TREM: 99.9%, 99.99%, TREM: 99.5%
Irregular: powder, lump, chunk, granules, particles.
Solid: Ingot, block, sheet, plate, disc, rod, wire, pellets, sputtering target and other customized parts.
Applications of Holmium Metal
-Used in yttrium-iron-garnet (YIG) and yttrium-lanthanum-fluoride (YLF) solid-state lasers.
-Used in medical, dental, and fiber-optical applications.
-Used as a yellow and red pigment for cubic zirconia and glass.
-Used to create artificially generated magnetic fields.
-Used poison to regulate nuclear reactors.
-Used as a calibration standard for optical spectrophotometers.
Irregular Holmium Metal
We provide powder, lump, chunk, granules, and particles for irregular holmium metal.
Holmium Metal Chunks
Size range for each holmium product:
Powder: -100mesh, -200 mesh, -325mesh
Lump & Chunk: 1-100mm
Granules: 1-30mm
Particles: 1-10mm
Shaped Holmium Metal
We provide sheet, plate, ingot, rod, wire, cylinder, block, disc, and sputtering targets for shaped holmium metal.
Size range for each holmium metal product:
Foil: 0.1mm min thick x 5-200mm width x L
Sheet & Plate: 0.3mm-40mm Thick x 10-150mm Width x 10-300mm Length
Rod, Wire, Cylinder, Pellets: 0.5mm-12mm diameter x 10mm min Length
Round holmium sputtering target or disc:
Diameter: <18”, Thickness: >0.04”
Rectangular terbium sputtering target:
Length: <36”, Width: <12”, Thickness: >0.04”
Block & Ingot: Customized
Holmium Oxide
Holmium Oxide (Ho2O3), also known as Holmia, is a light yellow powder that is one of the most paramagnetic substances known.
Holmium Oxide Powder
Purity of our Holmium Oxide (Ho2O3)
REO/TREO: 3N~5N
Products of our Holmium Oxide
Powder, Granules, Lump
Applications of Holmium Oxide
-Used as colorants (Red, Yellow) for cubic zirconia and glass.
-Used in the calibration of optical spectrophotometers.
-Used as a specialty catalyst.
Holmium(III) fluoride
Holmium(III) fluoride
HoF3 anhydrous powder
REO/TREO: 3N, 4N
CAS Number: 13760-78-6
Molecular Weight: 221.93
Holmium(III) chloride
Holmium(III) chloride hexahydrate
REO/TREO: 3N, 4N
CAS Number: 10138-62-2/14914-84-2
Molecular Weight: 379.38 (anhydrous basis)
Holmium(III) acetate hydrate
Holmium acetate hydrate
(CH3CO2)3Ho · xH2O,TREO: > 35%
REO/TREO: 3N, 4N
CAS Number: 312619-49-1
Molecular Weight: 342.06 (anhydrous basis)
Holmium(III) carbonate hydrate
Holmium(III) carbonate hydrate
(CH3CO2)3Ho · xH2O,TREO: > 42%
REO/TREO: 3N, 4N
CAS Number: 38245-34-0
Molecular Weight: 509.89 (anhydrous basis)
Holmium(III) nitrate pentahydrate
Ho(NO3)3 · 5H2O, TREO: >40%
REO/TREO: 3N, 4N
CAS Number: 14483-18-2
Molecular Weight: 441.02
Holmium(III) oxalate hydrate
Holmium(III) oxalate hydrate
Ho2(C2O4)3 XH2O, TREO: >42%
REO/TREO: 3N, 4N
CAS Number: 28965-57-3
Packaging of our Holmium products
Holmium 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.
Specifically, available purity might be different from each product based on processing & inventory of raw material.
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