Yttrium Wire

Product Information

Yttrium is soft, silver-metallic, and lustrous. The pure element is relatively stable in air in bulk form and very unstable when separated. The highest purity of distillation yttrium is 99.99%. If it is in contact with water, it reacts to form hydroxide.

Yttrium metal is widely applied in making specialty alloys. It increases the strength of alloys of metals such as chromium, aluminum, and magnesium. Yttrium is one of the elements used to make the red color in CRT televisions. As a metal, it is used on the electrodes of some high-performance spark plugs. Yttrium is also used in the manufacturing of gas mantles for propane lanterns as a replacement for Thorium. Another use is to increase the strength of aluminum and magnesium alloys. The addition of yttrium to alloys generally improves workability, adds resistance to high-temperature recrystallization, and significantly enhances high-temperature oxidation resistance. 

ATT specializes in producing high purity uniform shaped Yttrium wire with the highest possible density 99.9+% Ultra High Purity Metallic wire and smallest possible average grain sizes. Yttrium Metal can be further processed into various shapes of ingots, pieces, wires, foils, slabs, rods, discs, and powder.

Yttrium Wire Specification

Purity: 99% - 99.999%

Per your request or drawing

We can customized as required

Properties（Theoretical）

Reactivity Profile

Yttrium in bulk is stable in air due to the formation of oxide films. Powder or dust is light-sensitive and air-sensitive and flammable in the air and (Hazardous Chemicals Desk Reference, p. 861(1987)). Reacts with water to form gaseous hydrogen (H2). Reacts with strong oxidizing agents, strong acids, strong bases, and halogens. The products of these reactions are irritating and toxic.

Characteristics:

1. Yttrium is a soft, silvery metal. Yttrium usually exists as a trivalent ion, Y3+, in its compounds. Most of its compounds are colorless.

2. Yttrium’s properties are very similar to those of the rare earth elements of the lanthanide series. Accordingly, yttrium is classified as one of the rare earth elements.

3. It is relatively stable in air as a result of an oxide film which forms on its surface.

4. The finely divided metal ignites in air when heated.

5. Yttrium reacts with water to form yttrium hydroxide plus hydrogen gas.

6. Yttrium has an exceptionally high affinity for oxygen, with a free energy of formation for the oxide of 1817 kJ mol-1, probably the greatest of any element. Yttrium also dissolves oxygen gas in relatively high concentrations. 

Yttrium Wire Application

1. Yttrium is often used in alloys, increasing the strength of aluminum and magnesium alloys.

2. It is also used as a deoxidizer for non-ferrous metals such as vanadium.

3. Yttrium is used as a catalyst in ethylene polymerization.

4. Yttrium oxide is the most important compound of yttrium. It is used to make the high-temperature superconductor YBCO (yttrium barium copper oxide). This substance becomes superconducting at -178 oC (meaning that it can be kept in a superconducting state using liquid nitrogen, rather than more expensive and more difficult to handle liquid helium).

5. Yttrium oxide is also used to make yttrium iron garnets (Y3 Fe5O12) which are very effective microwave filters, blocking some microwave frequencies, while allowing others through in communication devices such as satellites.

Packing of Yttrium Wire

Standard Packing:

Typical bulk packaging includes palletized plastic 5 gallon/25 kg. pails, fiber and steel drums to 1 ton super sacks in full container (FCL) or truck load (T/L) quantities. Research and sample quantities and hygroscopic, oxidizing or other air sensitive materials may be packaged under argon or vacuum. Solutions are packaged in polypropylene, plastic or glass jars up to palletized 440 gallon liquid totes Special package is available on request.

ATTs’Yttrium Wire is carefully handled to minimize damage during storage and transportation and to preserve the quality of our products in their original condition.

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