Some heavy periodic elements may be created almost exclusively by such cosmic crashes. Europium, one of the least-common elements in the universe, is a candidate and is used in TVs, lasers ...

It was not until recent years that the metal was isolated. Europium can be found in the ores bastnasite and monazite. The element has also been identified in the sun and some stars. Europium is ...

Europium was the first isolated, high purity rare earth element to enter the public marketplace, in 1967, as a source of the color red in TV sets. There had been color TV before europium ...

When alloyed with other rare earth elements, europium can be used to make permanent magnets, the demand for which has been growing at an exceptional pace owing to their inherent characteristics ...

Europium metal is now known to be highly reactive; the element's most stable oxidation state is +3, but the +2 state also occurs in solid-state compounds and water.

Of the 92 naturally occurring elements, add another to the list of those that are superconductors. Scientist have discovered that europium becomes superconducting at 1.8 K (-456 °F) and 80 GPa ...

Two years later, Rice undergraduate Graham Eldridge spent a summer characterizing rare earth elements in the xenoliths and found hints that they contained unusual Europium ratios. Europium ...

Worse, they generate harmful waste. For instance, extracting europium and terbium—two middle rare earth elements—requires multiple chemical steps. Each step adds cost and pollution.

Scientists have discovered a new way to manufacture materials that could significantly advance quantum technologies. These ultra-thin materials (called "thin films") are made from a mixture based ...