Erbium is a chemical element; it has symbol Er and atomic number 68. A silvery-white solid metal when artificially isolated, natural erbium is always...

Naturally occurring erbium (68Er) is composed of six stable isotopes, with 166Er being the most abundant (33.503% natural abundance). Thirty-nine radioisotopes...

momentum (specified by the quantum number J). Thus, for example, the trivalent erbium ion (Er3+) has a ground state with J = 15/2, and in the presence of an electric...

Erbium boride may refer to: Erbium tetraboride, ErB4 Erbium hexaboride, ErB6 This set index article lists chemical compounds articles associated with...

Erbium(III) oxide is the inorganic compound with the formula Er2O3. It is a pink paramagnetic solid. It finds uses in various optical materials. Erbium(III)...

Erbium nitride is a binary inorganic compound of erbium and nitrogen with the chemical formula ErN. The compound forms black powder. Chemically, ErN is...

Erbium(III) selenide is an inorganic compound with a chemical formula of Er2Se3. Erbium(III) selenide can be obtained by the reaction of erbium and selenium:...

Erbium compounds are compounds containing the element erbium (Er). These compounds are usually dominated by erbium in the +3 oxidation state, although...

thulium and erbium. All three men are given credit for the element's discovery. In 1843, Carl Gustaf Mosander discovered terbium and erbium as components...

Er:YAG laser (erbium-doped yttrium aluminium garnet laser, erbium YAG laser) is a solid-state laser whose active laser medium is erbium-doped yttrium...