Cerium
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Cerium is a chemical element; it has symbol Ce and atomic number 58, and is a soft, ductile, and silvery-white metal that tarnishes when exposed to air. Cerium is the second element in the lanthanide
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Phase diagram of cerium
Ceric ammonium nitrate
A white LED in operation: the diode produces monochromatic blue light but the Ce:YAG phosphor converts some of it into yellow light; the combination is perceived as white by the human eye.
Lanthanum
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Lanthanum is a chemical element; it has symbol La and atomic number 57. It is a soft, ductile, silvery-white metal that tarnishes slowly when exposed to air. It is the first and the prototype of the l
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…lanthanides by its unique ability to be oxidized to the +4 state in aqueous solution. It is the most common of the lanthanides, followed by neodymium, lanthanum, and praseodymium. Its estimated abundance in the Earth's crust is 68 ppm. Cerium was the first of the lanthanides to be discovered, in Bastnäs, Sweden…
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Carl Gustaf Mosander, the scientist who discovered lanthanum as well as terbium and erbium
LaB 6 hot cathode