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Lanthanum Oxide La2O3

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Lanthanum Oxide La2O3 is applied in petroleum and environment protection catalysts, mischmetal, polishing powders and Rare Earth fertilizers. HM provides Lanthanum Oxide La2O3 at a competitive price. The purity and particle size can be customized.

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MF La2O3
MW 325.82
Purity 99.9999%/99.999%/99.995%/99.99%/99.9%/99%
CAS 1312-81-8
Synonyms Lanthanum Oxide/OX57-4N5/LanthanOxid/Oxyde De Lanthane/Oxido De Lanthano

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HM provides high-quality Lanthanum Oxide (La2O3) powder at a competitive price, which can be used in Scientific research or industrial production. HM stocks a wide variety of rare earth materials for use in electronics, petrochemical, metallurgy, machinery, energy, environmental protection, agriculture, and other fields. We also offer pure metals and compounds for R&D applications.

Lanthanum Oxide (La2O3) Powder 

  • 1312-81-8
  • La2O3
  • 99.9 %-99.999 %
  • 215-200-5
  • Chemical formula: La2O3
  • Molar mass: 325.809 g/mol
  • Appearance: White powder, hygroscopic
  • Density 6.51 g/cm3, solid
  • Melting point: 2,315 °C (4,199 °F; 2,588 K)
  • Boiling point: 4,200 °C (7,590 °F; 4,470 K)
  • Solubility in water: Insoluble
  • Bandgap: 4.3 eV
  • Magnetic susceptibility (χ):  −78.0·10−6 cm3/mol
  • Crystal structure: Hexagonal, hP5

Lanthanum Oxide, also called Lantana, high purity Lanthanum Oxide (99.99% to 99.999%) is applied in making special optical glasses to improves the alkali resistance of glass, and is used in La-Ce-Tb phosphors for fluorescent lamps and making special optical glasses, such as infrared-absorbing glass, as well as camera and telescope lenses, Low grade of Lanthanum Oxide is widely used in ceramics and FCC catalyst, and also as raw material for Lanthanum Metal production; Lanthanum Oxide is also used as a grain growth additive during the liquid phase sintering of Silicon Nitride and Zirconium Diboride.

Specifications

OX57-6N OX57-5N OX57-4N5 OX57-4N OX57-3N OX57-2N
Grade 99.9999% 99.999% 99.995% 99.99% 99.9% 99%
CHEMICAL COMPOSITION            
La2O3/TREO (% min.) 99.9999 99.999 99.995 99.99 99.9 99
TREO (% min.) 99.5 99 99 98 98 98
Loss on ignition (% max.) 1 1 1 2 2 2
Rare Earth Impurities ppm max. ppm max. ppm max. ppm max. % max. % max.
CeO2
Pr6O11
Nd2O3
Sm2O3
Eu2O3
Gd2O3
Y2O3		 0.5
0.5
0.5
0.2
0.2
0.2
0.5		 3
3
2
2
2
2
5		 5
5
5
5
5
5
5		 50
50
50
10
10
10
10		 0.05
0.02
0.02
0.01
0.001
0.001
0.01		 0.5
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
Non-Rare Earth Impurities ppm max. ppm max. ppm max. ppm max. % max. % max.
Fe2O3
SiO2
CaO
CoO
NiO
CuO
MnO2
Cr2O3
CdO
PbO		 1
10
10
2
2
2
2
2
5
5		 2
50
50
2
2
2
2
2
5
5		 10
50
50
2
2
2
2
3
5
10		 50
100
100
5
5
3
5
3
5
50		 0.01
0.05
0.2		 0.02
0.1
0.5

Application

Lanthanum oxide is mainly used to make precision optical glass and optical fiber. It is also used in the electronics industry as ceramic capacitors and piezoelectric ceramic dopants. It is also used as a raw material for lanthanum boride and a catalyst for petroleum separation and refining.

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