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    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...
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  • Naturally occurring erbium (68Er) is composed of six stable isotopes, with 166Er being the most abundant (33.503% natural abundance). Thirty-nine radioisotopes...
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    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...
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    Erbium(III) oxide has a cubic structure resembling the bixbyite motif. The Er3+ centers are octahedral. Erbium oxide is produced by burning erbium metal...
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  • Erbium boride may refer to: Erbium tetraboride, ErB4 Erbium hexaboride, ErB6 This set index article lists chemical compounds articles associated with...
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  • Erbium nitride is a binary inorganic compound of erbium and nitrogen with the chemical formula ErN. The compound forms black powder. Chemically, ErN is...
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    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...
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  • 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...
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  • 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...
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  • 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:...
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    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...
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  • 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...
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  • 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...
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  • 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...
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    beta emission. The primary decay products before 169Tm are element 68 (erbium) isotopes, and the primary products after are element 70 (ytterbium) isotopes...
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    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)...
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    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...
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  • Erbium phosphide is a binary inorganic compound of erbium and phosphorus with the chemical formula ErP. Erbium phosphide can be formed by the reaction...
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    Neodymium Promethium Samarium Europium Gadolinium Terbium Dysprosium Holmium Erbium Thulium Ytterbium Lutetium Hafnium Tantalum Tungsten Rhenium Osmium Iridium...
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    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...
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    Erbium acetylacetonate is a coordination compound with the formula Er(C5H7O2)3. This anhydrous acetylacetonate complex is often discussed but unlikely...
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    Holmium antimonide Holmium bismuthide Erbium Erbium nitride Erbium phosphide Erbium arsenide Erbium antimonide Erbium bismuthide Thulium Thulium nitride...
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  • Erbium compounds are compounds containing the element erbium (Er). These compounds are usually dominated by erbium in the +3 oxidation state, although...
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    University of Southampton and Emmanuel Desurvire at Bell Labs, developed the erbium-doped fiber amplifier, which reduced the cost of long-distance fiber systems...
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    "host" material, to which is added a "dopant" such as neodymium, chromium, erbium, thulium or ytterbium. Many of the common dopants are rare-earth elements...
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    Erbium tetraboride is a boride of the lanthanide metal erbium. It is hard and has a high melting point. Industrial applications of erbium boride include...
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    Neodymium Promethium Samarium Europium Gadolinium Terbium Dysprosium Holmium Erbium Thulium Ytterbium Lutetium Hafnium Tantalum Tungsten Rhenium Osmium Iridium...
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    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...
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    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...
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    Radiopharmaceuticals, or medicinal radiocompounds, are a group of pharmaceutical drugs containing radioactive isotopes. Radiopharmaceuticals can be used...
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