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thulia

American

[thoo-lee-uh] / ˈθu li ə /

noun

Chemistry.

a dense, greenish-white powder, TmO 3 , that on gentle heating exhibits a reddish incandescence: used in the manufacture of thulium metal.

Etymology

Origin of thulia

First recorded in 1885–90; thuli(um) + -a ⁴

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Cleve, Lecoq de Boisbaudran and others into erbia, holmia, thulia and dysprosia, but it is still doubtful whether any one of these four splitting products is a single substance.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 7 "Equation" to "Ethics" by Various

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