Erbium is a chemical element; it has symbol Er and atomic number 68. A silvery-white solid metal when artificially isolated, natural erbium is always...

momentum (specified by the quantum number J). Thus, for example, the trivalent erbium ion (Er3+) has a ground state with J = 15/2, and in the presence of an electric...

Naturally occurring erbium (68Er) is composed of six stable isotopes, with 166Er being the most abundant (33.503% natural abundance). Thirty-nine radioisotopes...

Erbium boride may refer to: Erbium tetraboride, ErB4 Erbium hexaboride, ErB6 This set index article lists chemical compounds articles associated with...

Erbium(III) oxide has a cubic structure resembling the bixbyite motif. The Er3+ centers are octahedral. Erbium oxide is produced by burning erbium metal...

Erbium nitride is a binary inorganic compound of erbium and nitrogen with the chemical formula ErN. The compound forms black powder. Chemically, ErN is...

thulium and erbium. All three men are given credit for the element's discovery. In 1843, Carl Gustaf Mosander discovered terbium and erbium as components...

Er:YAG laser (erbium-doped yttrium aluminium garnet laser, erbium YAG laser) is a solid-state laser whose active laser medium is erbium-doped yttrium...

Erbium(III) selenide is an inorganic compound with a chemical formula of Er2Se3. Erbium(III) selenide can be obtained by the reaction of erbium and selenium:...

photo-thermally (radiantly). Er:YAG laser Carbon dioxide laser Er,Cr:YSGG laser Erbium lasers are both hard and soft tissue capable. They can be used for a host...

Erbium compounds are compounds containing the element erbium (Er). These compounds are usually dominated by erbium in the +3 oxidation state, although...

An Er:glass laser (erbium-doped glass laser) is a solid-state laser whose active laser medium is erbium-doped glass. Ytterbium (Yb) is sometimes added...

An erbium-doped waveguide amplifier (or EDWA) is a type of an optical amplifier enhanced with erbium. It is a close relative of an EDFA, erbium-doped fiber...

beta emission. The primary decay products before 169Tm are element 68 (erbium) isotopes, and the primary products after are element 70 (ytterbium) isotopes...

Erbium(III) telluride is an inorganic compound, one of the tellurides of erbium, with the chemical formula Er2Te3. It has a Sc2S3 structure, a space group...

Erbium phosphide is a binary inorganic compound of erbium and phosphorus with the chemical formula ErP. Erbium phosphide can be formed by the reaction...

appears in period 6, between the lanthanides dysprosium to its left and erbium to its right, and above the actinide einsteinium. With a boiling point of...

Holmium antimonide Holmium bismuthide Erbium Erbium nitride Erbium phosphide Erbium arsenide Erbium antimonide Erbium bismuthide Thulium Thulium nitride...

Erbium(III) chloride is a violet solid with the formula ErCl3. It is used in the preparation of erbium metal. Anhydrous erbium(III) chloride can be produced...

Erbium iodate is an inorganic compound with the chemical formula Er(IO3)3. Erbium iodate can be obtained by reacting erbium periodate and periodic acid...

Neodymium Promethium Samarium Europium Gadolinium Terbium Dysprosium Holmium Erbium Thulium Ytterbium Lutetium Hafnium Tantalum Tungsten Rhenium Osmium Iridium...

University of Southampton and Emmanuel Desurvire at Bell Labs, developed the erbium-doped fiber amplifier, which reduced the cost of long-distance fiber systems...

was a Swedish chemist. He discovered the rare earth elements lanthanum, erbium and terbium. Born in Kalmar, Mosander attended school there until he moved...

Erbium(III) selenate is an inorganic compound, with the chemical formula Er2(SeO4)3. It exists as an anhydrate or an octahydrate. Monoclinic erbium(III)...

Radiopharmaceuticals, or medicinal radiocompounds, are a group of pharmaceutical drugs containing radioactive isotopes. Radiopharmaceuticals can be used...

Dysprosium-164 Holmium-165 (α) Erbium-162 (α, 2E)* Erbium-164 (α, 2E) Erbium-166 (α) Erbium-167 (α) Erbium-168 (α) Erbium-170 (α, 2B)* Thulium-169 (α) Ytterbium-168...

University of Colorado Boulder, established a new world record by developing an erbium-doped fiber laser with a linewidth of only 10 millihertz. Following the...

Neodymium Promethium Samarium Europium Gadolinium Terbium Dysprosium Holmium Erbium Thulium Ytterbium Lutetium Hafnium Tantalum Tungsten Rhenium Osmium Iridium...

Ytterby, the village in Sweden near where he found the new component of erbium. He suspected that ytterbia was a compound of a new element that he called...

as an impurity in yttrium oxide (Y2O3). Yttrium and terbium, as well as erbium and ytterbium, are named after the village of Ytterby in Sweden. Terbium...