Element

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• Element

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Properties of Europium

• Europium is the rarest of rare earth metals and
  sells for 7500 per kg
• Europium is irritating to the eyes skin and
  respiratory system

• Boiling point1597.0 oC
• Melting point 844.0 oC
• Color
• Density151.964
• Number of protons/electrons63
• Number of neutrons89
• Atomic number63
• Density5.259 g/cm2

• Silver

• Silver

• Silver

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Uses and origin of Europium

• Color televisions
• Striker and lighter flints
• Europium Oxide is used as a phosphor activator
• Used in the production of laser phosphors

• Europium was first found by Paul Emile Lecoq de
  Boisaudran in 1890
• Europiums discovery is credited to French
  chemist Eugene Antole-Demarcay

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Europium

• It irritates your skin and eyes
• It makes you itch it makes you cry
• If you touch it I will bet
• A rash bright red, you will get
• Reacts vigorously with air
• Europium can burn and flare
• It has a silver coloring
• To buy, you must have cha ching
• Rarest rare earth metal that there is
• Only 0.1,believe it or not thats it

• Discovered by one
• But credited to another
• Both were from Europe
• Thats where it was discovered
• As I said on earth we lack
• But up in space theres plenty
• In stars, on planets
• Its particles are many

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Sources

• http//chemistry.about.com/library/blper5.htm
• http//www.chemicalelements.com/index.html
• http//www.webelements.com/webelements/scholar/ele
  ments/periodic-table/uses.html
• http//www.chemicool.com/

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Sources

• http//www.chemsoc.org/viselements/pages/pertable_
  fla.htm
• www.soundclick.com
• www.angelfire.com
• www.periodic-table.org.uk/element-europium.htm -
  16k
• www.web1.caryacademy.org/chemistry/rushin/
  StudentProjects/ElementWebSites/europium/uses.htm