terbium

Examples

• All

• Most commercial magneto-optic films today are based on terbium iron cobalt (TbFeCo).

  Academic text (1996)

• Silver, terbium, and europium are typically used as activators in blue, green, and red phosphors, respectively.

  Academic text (1992)

• Yttrium, terbium, osmium, dysprosium, on and on and on.

  Don't Look Up (2021)

• In 2009, a proposed six-year economic plan would have banned exports of terbium, dysprosium, yttrium, thulium, and lutetium.

  Academic text (2010)

• In our lab, we have been able to grow sizable (10 x 10 x 1 mm) single crystals for R = terbium-lutetium and yttrium, as well as smaller single crystals for R-neodymium, samarium, and gadolinium.

  Academic text (1998)

• Terbium is often used as a dopant in phosphors to enhance brightness in display technologies.

• In lasers, terbium plays a crucial role as a source of green light, making it valuable in optical applications.

• The chemical symbol for terbium is Tb, which is essential for various electronic and lighting devices.

Synonyms

T

Tb

vsterbium

• Specialized

1 9.8

Chemical symbol for the rare earth metal terbium used in lasers and found in minerals

is the full elemental name rather than the symbol

A

atomic number 65

vsterbium

• Specialized

8.9

A metal found in minerals and used in some lasers and glowing materials

is the elemental name used instead of a positional label

Surface Forms

Etymology