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Holmium Foil (Light Tight)

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Commodity: Metals Material: Holmium Form: Foil (Light Tight) Composition: Ho CAS Number: 7440-60-0 Purity: 99% Temper: As Rolled Coating: Uncoated Opacity: Light Tight Surface Finish: Standard
Holmium Foil (Light Tight) offers the distinct advantages of holmium’s rare-earth magnetic and optical properties in a defect-free sheet form, ensuring total opacity to light and eliminating pinhole transmission. This makes it highly suited for environments requiring both structural metallic integrity and controlled optical or electromagnetic shielding. Its strong absorption bands in the visible and infrared ranges, combined with its high magnetic moment, make it useful across photonics, electronics, and advanced sensing applications. Industries such as optoelectronics, spectroscopy, and laser technology employ holmium foil for calibration standards, optical filters, and shielding elements in high-sensitivity detection systems. Specific applications include its role in holmium-doped optical fibers for Raman spectrum filtering, thin-foil integration into fiber lasers optimized for resonant cladding pumping, and as a surface modifier in nanostructures to enhance photoluminescent emission. Research has shown that holmium coatings improve UV absorption in ZnO nanostructures, while holmium-doped glasses provide enhanced emission in green lighting technologies. In both industrial and research contexts, Holmium Foil (Light Tight) is a crucial material for achieving precision optical control and reliable electromagnetic shielding.

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Material Properties

Atomic Properties
Element Value
Atomic number 67
Crystal structure Hexagonal close packed
Electronic structure Xe 4f¹¹ 6s²
Valences shown 3
Atomic weight( amu ) 164.9304
Thermal neutron absorption cross-section( Barns ) 65
Atomic radius - Goldschmidt( nm ) 0.176
Ionisation potential( No./eV ) 2/ 11.80
Ionisation potential( No./eV ) 1/ 6.02
Mechanical Properties
Element Value
Material condition Polycrystalline
Poisson's ratio 0.225
Bulk modulus( GPa ) 40.5
Tensile modulus( GPa ) 66.9
Hardness - Vickers( kgf mm⁻² ) 60
Tensile strength( MPa ) 262
Yield strength( MPa ) 221
Electrical Properties
Element Value
Electrical resistivity( µOhmcm ) 94@20°C
Temperature coefficient( K⁻¹ ) 0.00171@0-100°C
Physical Properties
Element Value
Boiling point( C ) 2695
Density( gcm⁻³ ) 8.803@20°C
Thermal Properties
Element Value
Melting point( C ) 1474
Latent heat of evaporation( J g⁻¹ ) 1695
Latent heat of fusion( J g⁻¹ ) 104
Specific heat( J K⁻¹ kg⁻¹ ) 165@25°C
Thermal conductivity( W m⁻¹ K⁻¹ ) 16.2@0-100°C
Coefficient of thermal expansion( x10⁻⁶ K⁻¹ ) 9.5@0-400°C
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Commodity: Metals Material: Holmium Form: Foil (Light Tight) Composition: Ho CAS Number: 7440-60-0 Purity: 99% Temper: As Rolled Coating: Uncoated Opacity: Light Tight Surface Finish: Standard

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