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This contains list of 17 rare Earth elements/ metals.
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As defined by IUPAC, a rare earth element (REE) or rare earth metal is one of a set of seventeen chemical elements in the periodic table, specifically the fifteen lanthanides plus scandium and yttrium. Scandium and yttrium are considered rare earth elements because they tend to occur in the same ore deposits as the lanthanides and exhibit similar chemical properties. Despite their name, rare earth elements (with the exception of the radioactive promethium) are relatively plentiful in the Earth's crust, with cerium being the 25th most abundant element at 68 parts per million (similar to copper). However, because of their geochemical properties, rare earth elements are typically dispersed and not often found concentrated as rare earth minerals in economically exploitable ore deposits. It was the very scarcity of these minerals (previously called "earths") that led to the term "rare earth". The first such mineral discovered was gadolinite, a compound of cerium, yttrium, iron, silicon and other elements. This mineral was extracted from a mine in the village of Ytterby in Sweden; several of the rare earth elements bear names derived from this location.
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SNo,Z(atomic no.),Symbol,Name,Etymology,Selected applications1,21,Sc,Scandium,from Latin Scandia (Scandinavia).,"Light aluminium-scandium alloys for aerospace components, additive in metal-halide lamps and mercury-vapor lamps, radioactive tracing agent in oil refineries"2,39,Y,Yttrium,"after the village of Ytterby, Sweden, where the first rare earth ore was discovered.","Yttrium aluminium garnet (YAG) laser, yttrium vanadate (YVO4) as host for europium in TV red phosphor, YBCO high-temperature superconductors, yttria-stabilized zirconia (YSZ), yttrium iron garnet (YIG) microwave filters, energy-efficient light bulbs, spark plugs, gas mantles, additive to steel"3,57,La,Lanthanum,"from the Greek ""lanthanein"", meaning to be hidden.","High refractive index and alkali-resistant glass, flint, hydrogen storage, battery-electrodes, camera lenses, fluid catalytic cracking catalyst for oil refineries"4,58,Ce,Cerium,"after the dwarf planet Ceres, named after the Roman goddess of agriculture.","Chemical oxidizing agent, polishing powder, yellow colors in glass and ceramics, catalyst for self-cleaning ovens, fluid catalytic cracking catalyst for oil refineries, ferrocerium flints for lighters"5,59,Pr,Praseodymium,"from the Greek ""prasios"", meaning leek-green, and ""didymos"", meaning twin.","Rare-earth magnets, lasers, core material for carbon arc lighting, colorant in glasses and enamels, additive in didymium glass used in welding goggles, ferrocerium firesteel (flint) products."6,60,Nd,Neodymium,"from the Greek ""neos"", meaning new, and ""didymos"", meaning twin.","Rare-earth magnets, lasers, violet colors in glass and ceramics, didymium glass, ceramic capacitors"7,61,Pm,Promethium,"after the Titan Prometheus, who brought fire to mortals.",Nuclear batteries8,62,Sm,Samarium,"after mine official, Vasili Samarsky-Bykhovets.","Rare-earth magnets, lasers, neutron capture, masers"9,63,Eu,Europium,after the continent of Europe.,"Red and blue phosphors, lasers, mercury-vapor lamps, fluorescent lamps, NMR relaxation agent"10,64,Gd,Gadolinium,"after Johan Gadolin (17601852), to honor his investigation of rare earths.","Rare-earth magnets, high refractive index glass or garnets, lasers, X-ray tubes, computer memories, neutron capture, MRI contrast agent, NMR relaxation agent, magnetostrictive alloys such as Galfenol, steel additive"11,65,Tb,Terbium,"after the village of Ytterby, Sweden.","Green phosphors, lasers, fluorescent lamps, magnetostrictive alloys such as Terfenol-D"12,66,Dy,Dysprosium,"from the Greek ""dysprositos"", meaning hard to get.","Rare-earth magnets, lasers, magnetostrictive alloys such as Terfenol-D"13,67,Ho,Holmium,"after Stockholm (in Latin, ""Holmia""), native city of one of its discoverers.","Lasers, wavelength calibration standards for optical spectrophotometers, magnets"14,68,Er,Erbium,"after the village of Ytterby, Sweden.","Infrared lasers, vanadium steel, fiber-optic technology"15,69,Tm,Thulium,after the mythological northern land of Thule.,"Portable X-ray machines, metal-halide lamps, lasers"16,70,Yb,Ytterbium,"after the village of Ytterby, Sweden.","Infrared lasers, chemical reducing agent, decoy flares, stainless steel, stress gauges, nuclear medicine"17,71,Lu,Lutetium,"after Lutetia, the city which later became Paris.","Positron emission tomography  PET scan detectors, high refractive index glass, lutetium tantalate hosts for phosphors",,,,,For other more formats kindly visit : www.downloadexcelfiles.com,,,,,,,,,,Original source : en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rare_earth_element,,,,,