Erbium

Base Information

• Chemical Name: Erbium
• CAS No.: 7440-52-0
• Molecular Formula: Er
• Molecular Weight: 167.26
• Hs Code.: 2846902035
• European Community (EC) Number: 231-160-1
• DSSTox Substance ID: DTXSID8064694
• Nikkaji Number: J241.184I,J95.199D
• Wikipedia: Erbium
• Wikidata: Q1849
• NCI Thesaurus Code: C95185
• Mol file: 7440-52-0.mol

Synonyms:Erbium

Chemical Property of Erbium

Chemical Property:

• Appearance/Colour: grey powder
• Melting Point: 1529 °C(lit.)
• Refractive Index: 1.47 (1300 nm)
• Boiling Point: 2868 °C(lit.)
• PSA: 0.00000
• Density: 9.062g/mLat 25°C(lit.)
• LogP: 0.00000
• Sensitive.: Moisture Sensitive
• Water Solubility.: Soluble in acids. Insoluble in water.
• Hydrogen Bond Donor Count: 0
• Hydrogen Bond Acceptor Count: 0
• Rotatable Bond Count: 0
• Exact Mass: 165.930301
• Heavy Atom Count: 1
• Complexity: 0

Purity/Quality:

98%,99%, ^*data from raw suppliers

Erbium pieces, distilled dendritic, 99.9% (REO) ^*data from reagent suppliers

Safty Information:

• Pictogram(s): F
• Hazard Codes: F
• Statements: 11
• Safety Statements: 43-Neverusewater.

MSDS Files:

SDS file from LookChem

Total 1 MSDS from other Authors

Useful:

• Chemical Classes: Metals -> Rare Earth Metals
• Canonical SMILES: [Er]
• Recent NIPH Clinical Trials: Investigation of the effect on lidskin and ocular surface by Erbium YAG Laser
• Physical properties: Erbium is a soft, malleable metal with a silvery metallic luster that only tarnishes (oxidizes)slightly in air. It is one of the rare-earths of the yttrium subgroup of the lanthanide series.Its melting point is 1,529°C, its boiling point is 2,868°C, and its density is 9.07g/cm3.
• Uses: Erbium has application in glass coloring, as an amplifier in fiber optics, and in lasers for medical and dental use. It is commonly used as a photographic filter, and because of its resilience it is useful as a metallurgical additive. The Erbium ion has a very narrow absorption band coloring erbium salts pink. It is therefore used in eyeware and decorative glassware. It can neutralize discoloring impurities such as ferric ions and produce a neutral gray shade. It is used in a variety of glass products for this purpose. Lasers based on Er:YAG are ideally suited for surgical applications because of its ability to deliver energy without thermal build-up in tissue. Erbium Metal, is mainly metallurgical uses. Added to vanadium, for example, Erbium lowers hardness and improves workability. There are also a few applications for nuclear industry. Erbium Metal can be further processed to various shapes of ingots, pieces, wires, foils, slabs, rods, discs and powder. Erbium has limited commercial use, but it is used as an alloy metal for vanadium to makeit easier to work and to form spring steel. The oxide of erbium is pink, which is used to colorglass and to make lasers that will operate at normal room temperatures. It has limited use ascontrol rods in nuclear fission reactors. Erbium foil used in Physical Vapor Deposition (PVD) processes, including thermal and electron-beam (e-beam) evaporation, for the preparation of thin films. It is used as an alloying element with titanium and is also used to produce infra-red absorbing glass.