Description
Thulium Carbonate has specialized uses in ceramics, glass, phosphors, lasers, and also is the important dopant for fibre amplifiers. Thulium potentially has use in ferrites, ceramic magnetic materials that are used in microwave equipment. It is used in arc lHighting for its unusual spectrum, Thulium is put into euro banknotes as a measure against counterfeiting. It can also be used in portable X-ray devices that has been bombarded in a nuclear reactor as a radiation source.