Need help with doing this project i need cheap objects made of Lutetium need at least 5. Lutetium is element 71. please need help
2007-02-22 13:57:59 · 2 answers · asked by slam_ups2004 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Chemistry
At about $75.00 per gram, cheap items containing Lutetium cannot contain very much of the metal.
Metallic Lutetium has been used as catalysts in petroleum cracking in refineries and has also been used in alkylation, hydrogenation, and polymerization reactions.
Lutetium aluminum garnet (Al5Lu3O12) has been proposed for use as a lens material in high refractive index immersion lithography. No commercially available lens has yet been made.
Cerium-doped lutetium oxyorthosilicate (LSO) is currently the preferred compound for detectors in positron emission tomography (PET.)
2007-02-22 14:37:12 · answer #1 · answered by Richard 7 · 11⤊ 0⤋
You will not find anything *cheep* with Lu-- it is rare and expensive, usually found in compounds with yttrium.
2007-02-22 23:07:43 · answer #2 · answered by agepe 2110 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋