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Ele065 - Terbium - (Elements Series) Traditional Cache

Hidden : 6/15/2011
Difficulty:
1.5 out of 5
Terrain:
2.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   small (small)

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The Periodic Table of Elements - 65 - Terbium

Terbium is a chemical element with the symbol Tb and it has an atomic number of 65.  The atomic weight is 158.92535. 

Things you might not know about Terbium:

  1. The largest consumer of the world's terbium supply is in "green" phosphors (which are usually yellow).
  2. The brilliant fluorescence allows terbium to be used as a probe in biochemistry.
  3. The richest current commercial sources of terbium are the ion-adsorption clays of southern China.

 

See GC2XAY2 - Hydrogen, for an explanation about this series of caches.

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