How to Use europium in a Sentence

europium

noun
  • There's europium, which enhanced the color red in early television sets, and neodymium, which strengthens and miniaturizes magnets.
    — Jon Wertheim, CBS News, 22 Mar. 2026
  • Although the study focused on dysprosium, the researchers believe the technique can be adapted to detect other rare-earth elements such as terbium, europium, erbium, and neodymium.
    — Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 19 Apr. 2026
  • By the '60s, individual rare earths were being mined, separated, and utilized, not least europium, which enhanced the color red in early television sets.
    — Jon Wertheim, CBS News, 22 Mar. 2026
  • The material, EuCo₂Al₉, is a rare‑earth alloy comprising europium, cobalt, and aluminum.
    — Etiido Uko march 23, New Atlas, 23 Mar. 2026
  • Beijing’s control of neodymium, praseodymium, samarium, europium, gadolinium, and yttrium oxides is virtually total.
    — Steve H. Hanke, Fortune, 10 May 2026
  • Rare-earth elements such as dysprosium, terbium, and europium are essential for manufacturing everyday technologies including smartphones, wind turbines, and electric vehicle motors.
    — Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 19 Apr. 2026
  • In its most recent move, China added five rare-earth elements – holmium, erbium, thulium, europium, ytterbium, and related magnets and materials – to its existing control list, requiring export licenses.
    — Ramishah Maruf, CNN Money, 11 Oct. 2025
  • Earlier this month, China added five rare-earth elements – holmium, erbium, thulium, europium, ytterbium, and related magnets and materials – to its existing control list, requiring export licenses.
    — Ramishah Maruf, CNN Money, 30 Oct. 2025
  • The mineral deposits at Bear Lodge contain both the magnet rare earth materials neodymium, praseodymium, samarium and terbium as well as cerium (Ce), lanthanum, yttrium, gadolinium, europium and dysprosium.
    — Aditya Jadhav, Interesting Engineering, 10 June 2026

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