Lutetium (Lu) Fun Facts
"The Final Lanthanide, the last and densest of the rare-earth heroes, used in cancer-fighting therapies."
The true essence of Lutetium (Lu) on the molecular frontier.
Lutetium is a silvery-white, hard, and dense metal.
Lutetium is found in a detector in Positron Emission Tomography (PET) medical scanners.
Lutetium is used as a catalyst for cracking hydrocarbons in oil refineries.
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It is named after Lutetia, the ancient Roman name for the city of Paris.
Lutetium is the last element in the lanthanide series and is also the hardest and densest of the lanthanides.
The radioactive isotope lutetium-177 is used in targeted radionuclide therapy to treat certain types of cancers, such as neuroendocrine tumors.
It is one of the rarest and most expensive of the rare earth elements.
It is used as a catalyst in oil refineries to help break down large hydrocarbon molecules in a process called cracking.