The least abundant of the rare earth elements, thulium occurs in small quantities along with other rare earths in many minerals. It is silvery-gray, soft malleable, ductile, and can be cut with a knife. The pure metal is bright and lustrous and reasonably stable in air. Thulium Metal can be further processed to various shapes of ingots, pieces, wires, foils, slabs, rods, discs and powder. Applications: is mainly used in making superalloys, and has some application in ferrites (ceramic magnetic materials) used in microwave equipment and also as a radiation source of portable X-ray. Thulium Metal can be further processed to various shapes of ingots, pieces, wires, foils, slabs, rods, discs and powder, Molecular Formula: Tm Alfa Chemistry Materials product group: Metal Manufacturer data sheet |