Fr Francium 87 (223) 1 7 s 87 27.0 677.0 [Rn] 7s1 2 8 18 32 18 8 1 N/A Silver Cubic: Body centered 0.7 {"1":"380"} 380 -44 1 2.7 2.1 64.0 15.0 1 21.7 m 31.7m BetaDecay Solid, AlkaliMetal, Metal, Radioactive, Natural FRAN-si-em Highly rare and unstable, radioactive metal. Since its isotopes have such short half-lives there are no commercially significant compounds of francium. Formed by decay of actinium. Chemical properties similar to cesium. Decays to radium or astatine. PyFLvSg6ZDw Francium

French chemist Georges Urbain successfully separated lutetium from ytterbia in 1907 in Paris.

Austrian scientist Carl Auer von Welsbach and American chemist Charles James also succeeded in isolating lutetium independently in the same year.

Pure lutetium metal was first produced in 1953. Lutetia Párizs régi elnevezése 87 1939 Marguerite Perey France Named after "France"

A lutéciumot nem tartják mérgezőnek

A lutécium volt az utolsó természetes ritkaföldfém, amelyet felfedeztek

Lutetium oxide is used to make catalysts for cracking hydrocarbons in the petrochemical industry.

Lutetium aluminum garnet has been proposed for use as a lens material in high refractive index immersion lithography.

Lutetium is used as a phosphor in LED light bulbs.