Website Path: Home | LCM | Products | Metals | Rare Earth Metals
Rare Earth Metals
LCM manufactures a wide range of high purity rare earth metals plus yttrium and scandium. The metals are produced by reduction of suitable precursor materials followed by vacuum remelting and/or sublimation to give required purities.
Download this page as a PDFYou need the free Adobe Reader to view PDF documents.
| Vacuum remelted (VR) products | ||
| Metals: | Y, La, Ce, Pr, Nd, Gd, Tb, Dy, Ho, Er | |
| Purity | Rare earth impurities | <0.1% Max. |
| Non rare earth impurities (excluding Ta) | <0.05% Max. | |
| Tantalum | Typically 0.1 – 0.5% | |
| Sublimed products | ||
| Metals | Sc, Pr, Nd, Sm, Gd, Tb, Dy, Ho, Er, Lu | |
| Standard Purity | Rare earth impurities | <0.1% Max. |
| Non rare earth impurities | <0.05% Max. | |
| High Purity | Rare earth impurities | <0.01% Max. |
| Non rare earth impurities | <0.02% Max. | |
Form
These products are typically supplied in the form of irregular, broken or cropped ingot pieces.
Quantity
Batch sizes vary from 0.1kg up to 50kg depending on the metal and physical form.
Packaging
Packaging selection depends on the metal, physical form and batch size. Common examples are sealed glass ampoules, glass bottles and vacuum-sealed laminate packs. These protective inner packagings are commonly secured within steel drums or plastic pails before dispatch
Quality assurance
Production processes are part of our quality management system—certified to ISO9001:2000 standard. Each batch is supplied with a Certificate of Conformance detailing the results from chemical analysis.
 |
 |
 |
|
 |
|
Great Western Minerals Group Ltd.
Mailing Address: 219 Robin Crescent Saskatoon, SK S7L 6M8 Canada |
Less Common Metals Ltd.
Mailing Address: Valley Road Business Park Birkenhead, CH41 7ED United Kingdom Phone: +44 (0) 151 652 9747
Fax: +44 (0) 151 652 9748 Email: general@lesscommonmetals.com Web Site: www.lesscommonmetals.com |
Great Western Technologies Inc.
Mailing Address: 1826 Northwood Drive Troy, Michigan 48084 USA Phone: 248-293-3200
Fax: 248-362-3879 Email: info@greatwesterntech.com Web Site: www.greatwesterntech.com |