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Ele071 - Lutetium - (Elements Series) Traditional Cache

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

Size: Size:   small (small)

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The Periodic Table of Elements - 71 - Lutetium

Lutetium (lew-tee-shee-əm) is a chemical element with the symbol Lu and it has an atomic number of 71.  The atomic weight is 174.9668. 

Things you might not know about Lutetium:

  1. The world production of lutetium (in the form of oxide) is about 10 tons per year.
  2. Lutetium-176 has been used to date meteorites.
  3. Stable lutetium can be used as catalysts in petroleum cracking in refineries.

 

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

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