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The boron rich borides are typical of the lanthanides (and groups 1–3) whereas for the transition metals tend to form metal rich, "lower" borides. [76] The lanthanide borides are typically grouped together with the group 3 metals with which they share many similarities of reactivity, stoichiometry and structure.
Lanthanide metals react exothermically with hydrogen to form LnH 2, dihydrides. [1] With the exception of Eu and Yb, which resemble the Ba and Ca hydrides (non-conducting, transparent salt-like compounds),they form black pyrophoric, conducting compounds [6] where the metal sub-lattice is face centred cubic and the H atoms occupy tetrahedral sites. [1]
The main group metals, lanthanides and actinides form a wide variety of boron-rich borides, with metal:boron ratios up to YB 66. The properties of this group vary from one compound to the next, and include examples of compounds that are semi conductors, superconductors, diamagnetic, paramagnetic, ferromagnetic or anti-ferromagnetic. [1]
A lanthanum hexaboride hot cathode. Lanthanum hexaboride cathodes. Lanthanum hexaboride powdered. Lanthanum hexaboride (La B 6, also called lanthanum boride and LaB) is an inorganic chemical, a boride of lanthanum.
Erbium tetraboride is a boride of the lanthanide metal erbium. [2] It is hard and has a high melting point. Industrial applications of erbium boride include use in semiconductors, the blades of gas turbines, and the nozzles of rocket engines. [3]
The lanthanides are the 15 rare-earth chemical elements which lie between lanthanum and lutetium on the periodic table. The lanthanides are trivalent metals . Subcategories
Samarium is one of the few lanthanides that form a monoxide, SmO. This lustrous golden-yellow compound was obtained by reducing Sm 2 O 3 with samarium metal at high temperature (1000 °C) and pressure above 50 kbar; lowering the pressure resulted in incomplete reaction. SmO has cubic rock-salt lattice structure. [3] [23]
Lanthanum, like the other lanthanides, is known to affect human metabolism, lowering cholesterol levels, blood pressure, appetite, and risk of blood coagulation. When injected into the brain, it acts as a painkiller, similarly to morphine and other opiates, though the mechanism behind this is still unknown. [ 80 ]