A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily; occurs in rare earth minerals and is usually classified as a rare earth.
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Examples for "lanthanum "
Examples for "lanthanum "
1 The natural calcium binding site of bovine a-lactalbumin is replaced by lanthanum .
2 CATALYSTS - Petroleum cracking catalysts and auto catalysts use lanthanum and cerium.
3 Its loparite concentrate holds light rare earths such as lanthanum and cerium.
4 And the spectrographic analysis is showing an uptick in lanthanum oxide and gold.
5 Yet another rare earth metal, lanthanum , is a major ingredient for hybrid car batteries.
1 Shangri - La Definitely the winner of best area of the festival this year.
2 Indeed, there are sea views from nearly every room in La Scala.
3 Last weekend La Rochelle secured their bonus point try within 45 minutes.
4 De La Mar's former town house is now the National Democratic Club.
5 Swiss-based food group Aryzta has bought food service company La Rousse Foods.
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Translations for atomic number 57