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Europium
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Europium
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a soft ductile reactive silvery-white element of the lanthanide series of metals: used as the red phosphor in colour television and in lasers. Symbol: Eu; atomic no: 63; atomic wt: 151.965; valency: 2 or 3; relative density: 5.244; melting pt: 822°C; boiling pt: 1527°C
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Europium
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a chemical element, one of the rare-earth elements, used as the red phosphor in color TVs: symbol, Eu; at. no., 63
see the periodic table of elements in the Reference SupplementWebster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.
Europium
see synonyms of europiumn. Symbol Eu
A silvery-white, soft, ductile element of the lanthanide series occurring in the minerals monazite and bastnaesite and used to dope glass and plastics for lasers and to absorb neutrons in research. Europium oxides provide important phosphors for cathode-ray tubes and low-energy lighting applications. Atomic number 63; atomic weight 151.96; melting point 822°C; boiling point 1,596°C; specific gravity 5.244; valence 2, 3. See Periodic Table.
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