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Fancymetal offers high purity (customizable) metal products, as well as oxides, product shapes, foils, plates, wires, tubes, rods, powders and a variety of custom shapes.
We also have other cerium products:
Cerium Powder
Cerium Oxide
Cerium Hydroxide
Cerium, with atomic number 58, belongs to rare earth elements, lanthanide elements of group 111 B in the sixth period, element symbol Ce, single substance is silver-gray active metal, powder is easy to self-ignite in air, easily soluble in acid, reducing agent.
The name of cerium comes from the English name of Ceres. The content of cerium in the earth's crust is about 0.0046%, which is the most abundant among rare earth elements.
Physics:
Gray and active metal, density: 6.9g/cm3 (tetragonal crystal), 6.7g/cm3 (hexagonal crystal), melting point: 795℃, boiling point: 3443℃, ductile.
Applications:
✔ Used as a reducing agent and catalyst.
✔ Used as an alloy additive and in the production of cerium salts, as well as in the pharmaceutical, leather, glass, textile and other industries.
✔ Cerium can be used as a catalyst, arc electrode, special glass, etc. Cerium alloys are resistant to high heat and can be used to make jet propulsion parts.
✔Harmful metal replacement
✔ Special functional materials
✔ Plant growth regulators
Advantages:
✔ Strict quality control of raw materials, process control and pre-delivery processes.
✔ Strong technical capability makes it a reliable long-term supplier.
✔ Technical support: 24 hours technical support by email or phone.
History:
In 1752, Swedish chemist Kronstad discovered a new ore. After analysis, Spanish mineralogist Don Fausto de El Uye believed it was a silicate of calcium and iron.
In 1803, German chemist Klaproth analyzed the ore and determined that there was a new metal oxide, which he called ochra. The ore was called ochre because it turned ochre when burned.
At the same time, Swedish chemist Jöns Jakob Berzelius (1779-1848) and Swedish mineralogist Wilhelm Hisinger (1766-1852) also discovered the same new element oxide when analyzing the Tungsten ore (meaning "heavy stone") produced in Sweden, which is different from yttrium.
In the large family of rare earth elements, cerium is the well-deserved "big brother". First, the total abundance of rare earths in the earth's crust is 238ppm, of which cerium is 68ppm, accounting for 28% of the total rare earth distribution, ranking first; second, cerium is the second rare earth element discovered 9 years after the discovery of yttrium (1794).