Rare Earth Elements And Uses

Below you will find a list of rare earth elements and what they are used for. This is by no means the complete listas a lot of these rare earth elements are not really rare at all. They just have the REE handle.

Name	Symbol	Some End Uses
Cerium	Ce	Catalysts, Ceramics, Glasses, Misch Metal*, Phosphors and Polishing Powders
Dysprosium‡	Dy	Ceramics, Phosphors and Nuclear Applications
Erbium‡	Er	Ceramics, Glass Dyes, Optical Fibers, Lasers and Nuclear Applications
Europium‡	Eu	Phosphors
Gadolinium‡	Gd	Ceramics, Glasses, Optical and Magnetic Detection and Medical Image Visualization
Holmium‡	Ho	Ceramics, Lasers and Nuclear Applications
Lanthanum	La	Automotive Catalysts, Ceramics, Glasses, Phosphors and Pigments
Lutetium‡	Lu	Single Crystal Scintillators
Neodymium	Nd	Catalysts, IR Filters, Lasers, Permanent Magnets and Pigments
Praseodymium	Pr	Ceramics, Glasses and Pigments
Promethium	Pm	Phosphors and Miniature Nuclear Batteries and Measuring Devices
Samarium	Sm	Microwave Filters, Nuclear Applications and Permanent Magnets
Scandium	Sc	Aerospace, Baseball Bats, Nuclear Applications, Lighting and Semiconductors
Terbium‡	Tb	Phosphors
Thulium‡	Tm	Electron Beam Tubes and Medical Image Visualization
Ytterbium‡	Yb	Chemical Industry and Metallurgy
Yttrium‡	Y	Capacitors, Phosphors (CRT and Lamp), Radars and Superconductors