{"id":60879,"date":"2023-09-28T17:30:22","date_gmt":"2023-09-28T09:30:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/honwaygroup.com\/thulium-named-after-the-mythical-northern-land-of-thule-from-greek-mythology\/"},"modified":"2024-11-04T16:53:09","modified_gmt":"2024-11-04T08:53:09","slug":"thulium-named-after-the-mythical-northern-land-of-thule-from-greek-mythology","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/honwaygroup.com\/en\/thulium-named-after-the-mythical-northern-land-of-thule-from-greek-mythology\/","title":{"rendered":"Thulium, Named After the Mythical Northern Land of Thule from Greek Mythology"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-rank-math-toc-block\" id=\"rank-math-toc\"><h2>Table of Contents<\/h2><nav><ul><li><a href=\"#\u4ecb\u7d39\">Introduction<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#\u92a9-tm\">Thulium (Tm)<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#\u92a9\u4e3b\u8981\u7684\u61c9\u7528\u9818\u57df\uff1a\">Main Application Areas of Thulium<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-large-font-size\" id=\"\u4ecb\u7d39\"><strong>Introduction<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">In 1879, Swedish chemist P. T. Cleve isolated pale green thulium oxide from erbium ores and named it &#8220;Thulia&#8221; after the Scandinavian term for the &#8220;farthest north&#8221; \u2014 Thule. This oxide led to the naming of the new element as &#8220;Thulium&#8221; (Tm).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Thulium does not naturally occur in pure elemental form but coexists with elements like yttrium and gadolinium. It is also found in monazite, euxenite, and black rare earth ores, comprising approximately seven parts per million.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/honwaygroup.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Thulium.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/honwaygroup.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Thulium.png\" alt=\"Thulium (Tm)\" class=\"wp-image-37596\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center has-large-font-size\" id=\"\u92a9-tm\"><strong>Thulium (Tm)<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>Atomic number<\/strong>: 69<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>Atomic weight<\/strong>: 168.934 u<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>Atomic structure<\/strong>: The outermost electronic structure of thulium is 4f<sup>13<\/sup> 6s<sup>2<\/sup>\u3002<br><br><strong>Physical\/chemical properties<\/strong>: It is a bright silver-white metallic luster, soft and ductile metal. Strong corrosion resistance in dry air.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-large-font-size\" id=\"\u92a9\u4e3b\u8981\u7684\u61c9\u7528\u9818\u57df\uff1a\"><strong>Main Application Areas of Thulium<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>Medical Applications<\/strong>: Thulium has significant uses in medical imaging, particularly in creating thulium lasers that enable high-quality imaging for medical diagnostics, especially in MRI. Thulium isotopes, including laser doping agents like holmium-chromium-thulium triple-doped yttrium aluminum garnet (Ho:Cr:Tm) and thulium-doped yttrium aluminum garnet (Tm), are often employed in these applications.<br><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>Wireless Communications<\/strong>: Certain thulium isotopes, such as <sup>170<\/sup>Tm, are used in portable X-ray machines and act as microwave sources in wireless communication and radar systems. These applications utilize thulium&#8217;s unique nuclear properties.<br><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>Experimental Physics<\/strong>: Thulium serves as a detector in experimental physics, especially within nuclear and particle physics research, to measure radiation and particle properties.<br><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>Materials Science<\/strong>: Thulium is also applied in materials science, where it is studied in new materials and specialized magnetic materials.<br><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>Nuclear Energy Applications<\/strong>: Thulium isotopes are used in certain nuclear reactions and experiments to study nuclear energy and reactions. Specifically, <sup>169<\/sup>Tm serves as a thermal neutron source, valuable in nuclear physics experiments.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Introduction In 1879, Swedish chemist P. T. 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