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069 Thulium

Thulium-170 serves as a radioactive source in portable X-ray machines, lasting about a year. The element fluoresces blue under UV light and is utilized in bank notes to prevent counterfeiting. Thulium is the rarest lanthanide element after promethium and is more valuable than platinum.

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069 Thulium

Thulium-170 serves as a radioactive source in portable X-ray machines, lasting about a year. The element fluoresces blue under UV light and is utilized in bank notes to prevent counterfeiting. Thulium is the rarest lanthanide element after promethium and is more valuable than platinum.

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THULIUM

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X-RAYS BANK NOTES RARE

Thulium-170 can be used Thulium fluoresces blue in After promethium, thulium


as a radioactive source in UV light; it’s used in some is the rarest lanthanide
portable X-ray machines, bank notes as a measure element, and is more
with a useful life of a year. against counterfeiting. valuable than platinum.

Ci © 2019 Andy Brunning/Royal Society of Chemistry


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