Periodic Table @Nutrition 3/118 Elements
Yttrium Discovery : 1794 Discovered : Johan Gadolin Origin of the name : Yttrium is named after Ytterly,Sweden. Group 3, Period 5,Block D,Atomic Number 39, Electronic configuration : [Kr] 4d15S2 Atomic Mass 88.906. Appearance :Soft Silvery Metal. Uses : As an additive in alloys, It increases the strength of aluminium and Magnesium alloys. It is also used in the making of microwave filters for radar and has been used as a catalyst in ethane polymerisation. Yttrium Alluminium Garnet (YAG) is used in lasers that can cut through metals, It is also used in white LED light. Yttrium oxide is added to the glass used yo make camera lenses to make them heat and shock resistant. It is also used to make superconductors. Yttrium oxysulfide used to be widely used tonoroduce red phosphorus for old style colour television tubes. The radioactive isotope yttrium - 90 has medical Uses, It can be used to treat some cancers like liver. Biological Role : Yttriu...