Lanthanum(III) Chloride Heptahydrate is an excellent water soluble crystalline Lanthanum source, which is an inorganic compound with the formula LaCl3. It is a common salt of lanthanum which is mainly used in research and compatible with chlorides. It is a white solid that is highly soluble in water and alcohols.
Lanthanum Hexaboride (LaB6, also called Lanthanum Boride and LaB) is an inorganic chemical, a boride of lanthanum. As refractory ceramic material that has a melting point of 2210 °C, Lanthanum Boride is highly insoluble in water and hydrochloric acid, and converts to the oxide when heated (calcined). Stoichiometric samples are colored intense purple-violet, while boron-rich ones (above LaB6.07) are blue. Lanthanum Hexaboride (LaB6) is known for its hardness, mechanical strength, thermionic emission, and strong plasmonic properties. Recently, a new moderate-temperature synthetic technique was developed to directly synthesize LaB6 nanoparticles.
Neodymium(III) Oxide or neodymium sesquioxide is the chemical compound composed of neodymium and oxygen with the formula Nd2O3. It is soluble in acid and insoluble in water. It forms very light grayish-blue hexagonal crystals.The rare-earth mixture didymium, previously believed to be an element, partially consists of neodymium(III) oxide.
Neodymium Oxide is a highly insoluble thermally stable neodymium source suitable for glass, optic and ceramic applications. Primary applications include lasers, glass coloring and tinting, and dielectrics.Neodymium Oxide is also available in pellets, pieces, sputtering targets, tablets, and nanopowder.
Praseodymium (III,IV) Oxide is the inorganic compound with the formula Pr6O11 that is insoluble in water. It has a cubic fluorite structure. It is the most stable form of praseodymium oxide at ambient temperature and pressure.It is a highly insoluble thermally stable Praseodymium source suitable for glass, optic and ceramic applications. Praseodymium(III,IV) Oxide is generally High Purity (99.999%) Praseodymium(III,IV) Oxide (Pr2O3) Powder lately available in most volumes. Ultra high purity and high purity compositions improve both optical quality and usefulness as scientific standards. Nanoscale elemental powders and suspensions, as alternative high surface area forms, may be considered.
Rubidium Chloride, RbCl, is an inorganic chloride composed of rubidium and chloride ions in a 1:1 ratio. Rubidium Chloride is an excellent water soluble crystalline Rubidium source for uses compatible with chlorides. It finds use in various fields ranging from electrochemistry to molecular biology.
Rubidium Carbonate, an inorganic compound with formula Rb2CO3, is a convenient compound of rubidium. Rb2CO3 is stable, not particularly reactive, and readily soluble in water, and is the form in which rubidium is usually sold. Rubidium carbonate is a white crystalline powder that is soluble in water and has various applications in medical, environmental, and industrial research.
Boron has two stable natural isotopes: ¹⁰B and ¹¹B. They are chemically identical, with essentially the same valence, chemical reactivity, coordination ability, bonding characteristics, and chemical behavior in all types of compounds, making them indistinguishable under ordinary chemical conditions. They differ significantly only in atomic mass, nuclear physical properties, and minor thermodynamic physical parameters due to the different number of neutrons in their nuclei.
¹⁰B has a smaller atomic mass, an extremely high thermal neutron absorption cross‑section, and strong neutron capture capability. Its activation products after nuclear reaction are minimal, with no long‑lived radioactive residues. Observable isotopic effects exist compared with ¹¹B in minor thermodynamic properties such as vapor pressure and diffusion rate.
¹¹B has a larger atomic mass and an extremely low thermal neutron absorption cross‑section, making it nearly neutron‑transparent. It exhibits very low activation in radiation environments and excellent irradiation resistance. It is also more nuclear‑inert, with less performance degradation of its physicochemical structure under intense neutron irradiation. Except for isotopic mass and nuclear physical characteristics, its other macroscopic physical and chemical properties are highly consistent with those of ¹⁰B.