Main industrial applications of rare earth elements:

 MAIN INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS OF RARE EARTH ELEMENTS :

1)Lanthanum : in Glasses, ceramics, car catalysts, phosphors, pigments, accumulators, 

2)Cerium:  in Polishing powders, ceramics, phosphors, glasses, catalysts, pigments, 

misch metal, UV filters, 

3)Praseodymium:  in Ceramics, glasses, pigments, 

4)Neodymium:  in Permanent magnets, catalysts, IR filters, pigments for glass, lasers, 

5)Promethium: in Sources for measuring devices, miniature nuclear batteries, phosphors, 

6)Samarium:  in Permanent magnets, microwave filters, nuclear industry, 

7)Europium: in Phosphors, 

8)Gadolinium:  in visualization of images in medicine, optical and magnetic detection, ceramics, glasses, crystal scintillators, 

9)Terbium: in Phosphors, 

10)Dysprosium:  in Phosphors, ceramics, nuclear industry, 

11)Holmium: in Ceramics, lasers, nuclear industry, 

12)Erbium: in Ceramics, dyes for glass, optical fibers, lasers, nuclear industry, 

13)Thulium: in Electron bean tubes, visualization of images in medicine, 

14)Ytterbium: in Metallurgy, chemical industry, 

15)Lutetium: in Single crystal scintillators, 

16)Scandium:  in High-strength Al-Sc alloys, electron beam tubes, 

17)Yttrium: in Capacitors, phosphors, microwave filters, glasses, oxygen sensors, radars, lasers, superconductors.