Yttrium

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Yttrium

• By Daniel Saunders

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Properties Uses for Yttrium

• Properties
• Yttrium has a metallic silver luster
• Yttrium is stable in the air except when divided
• Atomic is 39
• Symbol is Y
• Atomic weight is 88.9059

• Uses
• Yttrium is used for lasers
• Yttrium is used as a deoxidizer for vanadium.

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general information

• Discovery was by Gadolin In 1794
• Found in after ytterby (a town in Sweden)
• Melting point 1532.0 C
• Boiling point 3337.0 C
• Used in tvs to color them
• Used in radars

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Yttrium Graphic
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Sources

• http//www.chemicool.com/
• http//www.webelements.com/webelements/scholar/ele
  ments/periodic-table/uses.html
• http//chemistry.about.com/library/blper5.htm