Lutetium (III) Oxide, Lu₂O₃, 99.995% 4N5 High Purity Powder

Product Number: PO2801 (50 g), PO2802 (100 g), PO2803 (1 kg)
Formula: Lu₂O₃
CAS Number: 12032-20-1
Molecular Weight: 397.93 g/mol
Density: 9.42 g/cm³ at 25°C
Melting Point: 2490°C
Color: white powder
Solubility: Insoluble in water.
Particle Size: D50 4.5um
Purity: 99.995% 4N5 (TREO*)

* TREO - Total Rare Earth Oxides

Features and Benefits

Our 99.995% Lu2O3 is a pure precursor that will lead to high quality crystals and optical materials.
Starting with our 99.995% Lu2O3 will lead to materials with superior physical optical properties, due to the lack of impurities.
Our 99.995% Lu2O3 pricing is highly competitive
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Applications

Lu₂O₃ (Lutetium (III) Oxide or Lutetium Sesquioxide) is used in ceramics, glass, scintillators, and solid stated lasers. Lu₂O₃ is commonly used as an host material in making laser materials.

A couple of examples where high purity Lu2O3 was used in research leading to outstanding research results are:

Researchers at Stanford University School of Medicine published an article where they made and used Eu:Lu₂O₃ to create a very bright thin film scintillator for single cell radionuclide images. They use this technique to view the metabolic properties of similar cells in real time. One of the starting materials to make this material was high purity Lu₂O₃.

In another example where high purity Lu₂O₃ was employed, researchers at Clemson University grew single crystals of Lutetia via hydrothermal crystal growth techniques. Some of the materials were doped with laser active ions and they were then studied using spectroscopic techniques. The thermal conductivity of the crystals was also investigated.

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Rare Earth Impurities Content (ppm)	Non- Rare Earth Impurities Content (ppm)
La₂O₃ <1.00	Fe₂O₃ <2.00
CeO₂ <1.00	CaO <10.00
Pr₆O₁₁ <1.00	SiO₂ <20.00
Nd₂O₃ <1.00	Cl^- <100.00
Sm₂O₃ <1.00
Eu₂O₃ <1.00
Gd₂O₃ <1.00	Loss on Ignition (L.O.I.) <0.22%
Tb₄O₇ <1.00
Dy₂O₃ <1.00
Ho₂O₃ <1.00
Er₂O₃ <1.00
Tm₂O₃ <1.00
Yb₂O₃ <10.00
Y₂O₃ <2.00

References

Spectroscopy and laser performance of Nd:Lu₂O₃ crystal. L. Hao, K. Wu, H. Cong, H. Yu, H. Zang, Z. Wang, and J. Wang. Optics Express Vol. 19(18), Pgs 17774-17779, 2011.

Flux-Aided Synthesis of Lu₂O₃ and Lu₂O₃:Eu—Single Crystal Structure, Morphology Control and Radioluminescence Efficiency. J. Zeler, L.B. Jerzykiewicz, and E. Zych. Materia (Basel) Vol. 7(10), Pgs. 7059-7072, 2014.

Bright Lu₂O₃:Eu thin-film scintillators for high-resolution radioluminescence microscopy. D. Sengupta, S. Miller, Z. Marton, F. Chen, V. Nagarkar, and G. Pratx. Adv. Health Mater. Vol. 4(14), Pgs. 2064-2070, 2015.