Not exact matches
Spanning 17 elements — from lanthanum to lutetium, plus scandium and
yttrium — they find
use in computers, screens, superconductors, oil refineries, hybrid or electric vehicles, catalytic converters, compact fluorescent lightbulbs, light - emitting diodes, lasers, audio speakers and microphones, cell phones, MRI machines, telecommunications, battery electrodes, advanced weapons systems, polished glass, and even the electric motors that run automobile windows.
«We added the
yttrium oxide to the diamond with a technique known as electron beam evaporation, which involves
using a beam of electrons to transform molecules of
yttrium oxide from the solid state to the gaseous state so that they can be made to cover a surface and solidify on it.»
Europium and
yttrium can be recovered from red lamp phosphor, a powder that is
used in fluorescent lamps such as neon tubes.
For example, europium allows your television to display vibrant reds; neodymium is a key ingredient in the magnets
used in hybrid - vehicle motors; and
yttrium is in fluorescent lightbulbs.
Nanoalloys of platinum (grey) and
yttrium (blue) are created
using sputtering in a vacuum chamber.
The team
used their diamond sensor to measure properties of a thin layer of
yttrium barium copper oxide (YBCO), one of the two most popular types of high - temperatures superconductor.
Scientists are taking preemptive action by
using already available molecular imaging systems to determine the optimal dose of one such peptide - receptor radionuclide therapy known as
yttrium - 90 DOTA0 - Tyr3 - octreotide (Y - 90 DOTATOC).
With the addition of a neodymium -
yttrium - aluminum - garnet, Goto could
use magneto - optics to better control how the light moves within the laser cavity.
I don't think you'll gain much by
using the precious metal spark plugs (like platinum / iridium /
yttrium).