12055-62-8 Usage
Description
Holmium oxide occurs in nature, usually associated with small quantities
of other rare-earth oxides. Commercial applications of this compound have not
been explored fully. It is used in refractories and as a catalyst. Characteristic
spectral emission lines of holmium oxide glass are used to calibrate spectrophotometers.
Chemical Properties
Different sources of media describe the Chemical Properties of 12055-62-8 differently. You can refer to the following data:
1. Holmium oxide (Ho2O3), also known as Holmia, is a light yellow powder that is one of the most paramagnetic substances known.
Holmium oxide glass has been used as a wavelength standard for over four decades. It has a number of desirable features that have made it a commonly used wavelength standard. It does not induce a slit positioning error as atomic emission lamps may. It is also compact, easy to use, and most importantly, stable over long periods of time.the use of filters made of holmium oxide glass allows the calibration of wavelength for a spectrophotometer over a broad range.
2. slightly beige solid
Uses
Different sources of media describe the Uses of 12055-62-8 differently. You can refer to the following data:
1. Holmium(III) oxide acts as colorants which is used for cubic zirconia and glass, as a calibration standard for optical spectrophotometers, as a specialty catalyst, phosphor and a laser material.
Holmium Oxide, also called Holmia, has specialized uses in ceramics, glass, phosphors and metal halide lamp, and dopant to garnet laser. Holmium can absorb fission-bred neutrons, it is also used in nuclear reactors to keep atomic chain reaction from running out of control. Holmium Oxide is one of the colorants used for cubic zirconia and glass, providing yellow or red coloring.
It is also used in Yttrium-Aluminum-Garnet (YAG) and Yttrium-Lanthanum-Fluoride (YLF) solid-state lasers found in microwave equipment (which are in turn found in a variety of medical and dental settings).
2. Holmium(III) oxide iacts as colorants which is used for cubic zirconia and glass, as a calibration standard for optical spectrophotometers, as a specialty catalyst, phosphor and a laser material.
3. Refractories, special catalyst.
Preparation
Holmium oxide is prepared by thermal decomposition of carbonate, oxalate, hydroxide, nitrate, sulfate, or any oxo salt of holmium:
Ho2(CO3)3 →Ho2O3 + 3CO2
Ho2(SO4)3 →Ho2O3 + 3SO3
The oxide may be obtained by direct combination of elements at elevated temperatures. The element in massive form, however, reacts slowly at high temperatures.
Physical properties
Yellow cubic crystal; density 8.41 g.cm3; melts at 2,415°C; insoluble in water; dissolves in acids (with reactions).
Check Digit Verification of cas no
The CAS Registry Mumber 12055-62-8 includes 8 digits separated into 3 groups by hyphens. The first part of the number,starting from the left, has 5 digits, 1,2,0,5 and 5 respectively; the second part has 2 digits, 6 and 2 respectively.
Calculate Digit Verification of CAS Registry Number 12055-62:
(7*1)+(6*2)+(5*0)+(4*5)+(3*5)+(2*6)+(1*2)=68
68 % 10 = 8
So 12055-62-8 is a valid CAS Registry Number.
InChI:InChI=1/2Ho.3O/rHo2O3/c3-1-5-2-4
12055-62-8Relevant articles and documents
Temperature dependent rate constants for the reactions of gas phase lanthanides with N2O
Campbell, Mark L.
, p. 562 - 566 (1999)
The reactivity of gas phase lanthanide (Ln) atoms (Ln=La-Yb with the exception of Pm) with N2O from 298 to 623 K is reported. Lanthanide atoms were produced by the photodissociation of Ln(TMHD)3 (TMHD=2,2,6,6-tetramethyl-3,5-heptanat
Temperature-Dependent Rate Constants for the Reactions of Gas-Phase Lanthanides with O2
Campbell, Mark L.
, p. 7274 - 7279 (2007/10/03)
The reactivity of the gas-phase lanthanide atoms Ln (Ln = La-Yb with the exception of Pm) with O2 is reported. Lanthanide atoms were produced by the photodissociation of [Ln(TMHD)3] and detected by laser-induced fluorescence. For all the lanthanides studied with the exception of Yb, the reaction mechanism is bimolecular abstraction of an oxygen atom. The bimolecular rate constants (in molecule-1 cm3 s-1) are described in Arrhenius form by k[Ce(1G4)] = (3.0 ± 0.4) × 10-10 exp(-3.4 ± 1.3 kJ mol-1/RT); Pr(4I9/2), (3.1 ± 0.7) × 10-10 exp(-5.3 ± 1.5 kJ mol-1/RT); Nd(5I4), (3.6 ± 0.3) × 10-10 exp(-6.2 ± 0.4 kJ mol-1/RT); Sm(7F0), (2.4 ± 0.4) × 10-10 exp(-6.2 ± 1.5 kJ mol-1/RT); Eu(8S7/2), (1.7 ± 0.3) × 10-10 exp(-9.6 ± 0.7 kJ mol-1/RT); Gd(9D2), (2.7 ± 0.3) × 10-10 exp(-5.2 ± 0.8 kJ mol-1/RT); Tb(6H15/2), (3.5 ± 0.6) × 10-10 exp(-7.2 ± 0.8 kJ mol-1/RT); Dy(5I8), (2.8 ± 0.6) × 10-10 exp(-9.1 ± 0.9 kJ mol-1/RT); Ho(4I15/2), (2.4 ± 0.4) × 10-10 exp(-9.4 ± 0.8 kJ mol-1/RT); Er(3H6), (3.0 ± 0.8) × 10-10 exp(-10.6 ± 1.1 kJ mol-1/RT); Tm(2F7/2), (2.9 ± 0.2) × 10-10 exp(-11.1 ± 0.4 kJ mol-1/RT), where the uncertainties represent ±2σ. The reaction barriers are found to correlate to the energy required to promote an electron out of the 6s subshell. The reaction of Yb(1S0) with O2 reacts through a termolecular mechanism. The limiting low-pressure third-order rate constants are described in Arrhenius form by k0[Yb(1S0)] = (2.0 ± 1.3) × 10-28 exp(-9.5 ± 2.8 kJ mol-1/RT) molecule-2 cm6 s-1.
