GVS Rare Earths
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The "GVS Rare Earths Purchasing Program" is tailored for private and institutional buyers.
It is easy to participate in the rare earths and strategic metals price development. Simply select the items you're interested in and then click "Get offer" and we will get back to you very soon. It is economical because the elements are traded directly between the producers and the demanding industry.
Here you will find an overview of all rare earth elements and strategic metals. Click on the icons to see information on the elements' characteristics and fields of application. When you have selected the most promising element use the "Buy Now" button. We will contact you with a purchasing offer. We are trading with industry-standard unit sizes, therefore we suggest a minimum purchase volume of EUR 20,000 for the initial transaction.
Rare Earths =
Strategic Elements =
Indium
Appearance:
silvery-white, shiny when in oxide form
Properties:
Mohs hardness scale: 1.2, softer than lead, can be pressed by hand or cut with a knife, low melting point of 156°C.
Application:
Light emitting diodes, touch screens, high-quality solar cells, LCD displays, alkaline batteries, dental amalgam etc.
Gallium
Appearance:
Shiny silver to gray
Properties:
Low melting point at room temperature
Application:
Used in LED Production, semiconductors, solar industry,high-tech electronics (mobile phone, PC etc..).
Germanium
Appearance:
grey-white glossy material
Properties:
brittle material, can be ignited and will continue to burn
Application:
Used in glass fiber production, lens technology (night vision devices, etc.), PET production as a catalyst in the production of polyester fibers, solar cells, infrared optics, etc...
Hafnium
Appearance:
Silvery white metal
Properties:
High density but easily deformable
Application:
Used in aircraft turbines, nuclear industry, IT CHIPS, flashlight technology, superalloys, semiconductor technology, etc...
Rhenium
Appearance:
Silvery shiny metal
Properties:
high density and hardness
Application:
Used in heating coils, thermocouples and filaments in lamps and X-ray tubes, additives of rhenium in alloys improve mechanical properties and increase corrosion and temperature resistance.
Selen
Appearance:
Either black, grey metal or red oxyde, can look glass like
Properties:
Not very stable in oxyde form. Forms hexagonal needles when cooled from melting point.
Application:
Used in paint industry (dyeing and decoloring), solar industry (thin film process), food industry and metallurgy as well as in cosmetics, lenses, semiconductors and photocopiers.
Tellurium
Appearance:
Silver-white metallic shiny semi-metal
Properties:
Conductivity can be modulated by temperature increase. Anisotrop
Application:
Used in alloying component of steel, cast iron and copper alloys as well as alloying component for stainless steels, photodiodes and solar cells, optical calibration (CD/DVD etc..), colouring of glasses, etc...
Bismuth
Appearance:
Colour changes from silver-white to grey and reddish-white in metal state. very colorfull in crystal state
Properties:
One of the few materials that expand during freezing Anisotrop
Application:
Used in chemical industry, water treatment, metal alloys, medical technology and permanent magnets.
Cerium
Appearance:
Silvery white shiny metal
Properties:
Strongly acidic and a strong oxidizing agent.
Application:
Used in the glass industry and is considered to be the most efficient glass polishing agent for precise optical polishing. Cerium is also used in a variety of other industrial applications.
Dysprosium
Appearance:
Silvery white metal
Properties:
Never found in nature as a free element
Application:
Used in neodymium iron boron high performance permanent magnets. It is an essential additive in NdFeB production and is also used in special ceramic compositions
Erbium
Appearance:
silvery-white metal
Properties:
metal reacts slowly with water and tarnished in air; moderately toxic
Application:
Used in glass coloring, amplifiers in fiber optics and also in lasers for medical and dental applications. Lasers based on Er: YAG are ideal for surgical applications.
Europium
Appearance:
Silvery white metal
Properties:
Very solid, only occurs in chemical combination
Application:
Colour televisions, computer screens and fluorescent lamps. Luminescence is also valuable in medical, surgical and biochemical applications.
Gadolinium
Appearance:
Silvery white metal
Properties:
Malleable, ductile, occurs only in oxyde form
Application:
Used in many different industrial applications: X-ray cassettes and computed tomography and more ...
Holmium
Appearance:
Strainy Silvery white metal
Properties:
Soft and malleable
Application:
Used in Yttrium Iron Garnet (YIG) lasers for microwave equipment and various advanced applications.
Lanthanum
Appearance:
Silvery-white metal
Properties:
Soft, ductile, first element in the rare earth element or lanthanide series. It is the model for all other trivalent rare earths.
Application:
Used for cracking reactions in FCC catalysts, particularly in the production of high octane gasoline from heavy crude oil. Lanthanum-rich Rare earth metals play important roles in hydrogen storage batteries....
Lutetium
Appearance:
Silvery-white metal
Properties:
Resists corrocion in air, last member of the rare earth compounds.
Application:
Finds application in several industries / fields, lasers and more ... ..
Neodymium
Appearance:
Silvery-white oxyde
Properties:
Very magnetic, tarnishes in air, doesnt occur naturally in metallic form
Application:
Laser, glass coloring and tinting, dielectrics and above all as the basis for neodymium iron boron permanent magnets. The neodymium-based magnet is widely used in the automotive industry for many applications, including starter motors, brake systems, seat adjusters and car radio speakers.
Praseodymium
Appearance:
Graish-white metal
Properties:
Magnetic, slowly develops a green coating when exposed to air
Application:
Highly valued in the ceramic industry. It is also used as a scintillator for medical CAT scans and in industrial magnets.
Samarium
Appearance:
Silvery-white metal
Properties:
Slowly oxidizes in air
Application:
Used in the production of samarium-cobalt permanent magnets. It is also used in laser applications and for its dielectric properties.
Scandium
Appearance:
Silvery-white metal
Properties:
The properties of scandium compounds are intermediate between those of aluminium and yttrium
Application:
Used in catalyst production, lighting, polishing and other applications.
Terbium
Appearance:
Silvery-white metal
Properties:
Electropositive, reacts with water, doesn't occur as free element
Application:
Used as X-ray phosphor. Terbium alloys are also used in magneto-optical recording films such as TbFeCo.
Thulium
Appearance:
Silvery-gray metal
Properties:
Fairly soft and slowly tarnishes in air
Application:
Used in the production of crystal and lasers. Thulium has important applications in the medical field. Thulium can also be used in magnetic and ceramic materials.
Ytterbium
Appearance:
Silvery-white metal with pale yellow tint
Properties:
Fire and explosion hazard in metal form
Application:
Main applications are nuclear medicine, ytterbium - cobalt-iron-manganese alloy for high quality permanent magnets of laser power generation and more ... . In 2018 a revolutionary experiment on time crystals was successfully carried out with Ytterbium.
Yttrium
Appearance:
Silvery-white metal
Properties:
Doesn't occur as a free element
Application:
Main applications are LED production, reactor technology for tubes, yttrium alloy, electrical industry, electronics industry etc...
Tantalum
Appearance:
Blue-gray metal
Properties:
Very hard and highly corrosion resistant
Application:
Used in a wide range of applications, including capacitors, medical implants, alloys for turbines (aircraft, shipbuilding, etc.), chemical industry, etc.
Cobalt
Appearance:
Blueish-gray to silver metal
Properties:
Very hard and lustrous, produced by reductive smelting
Application:
Used in superalloys, medicine (trace elements) alloy component implants etc., Heat-resistant paints and pigments
Silver
Appearance:
Pure shiny silver-white metal
Properties:
Soft, valued as precius metal
Application:
Used in conductor, reflective systems, solar panels, batteries and catalysts. In coin or bullion form also a highly regarded trading and collecting good
For an investment in Silver, we recommend purchasing silver bars or coins. Silver bars can be purchased and stored tax-free in Singapore. Please click on the link below to visit our partner shop.
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Palladium
Appearance:
Silvery-gray metal
Properties:
Lowest melting point of the platinum group elements.
Application:
Palladium is used in many industrial and non-industrial areas : e.g. as an investment object, jewellery, money industry and various industrial applications : car industry, catalysis etc... In coin or bullion form also a highly regarded trading and collecting good.
Palladium bars can be purchased from our partner shop – simply click the link below.
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Platin
Appearance:
Silvery-white metal
Properties:
Very dense, malleable, ductile and highly unreactive
Application:
Platinum is not only used as an investment in many areas. As a product in great demand, it is also used in numerous industrial applications: Thermocouples, resistance thermometers (e.g. Pt100), heating conductors, contact materials and electrodes, e.g. in spark plugs, catalytic converters, cardiac pacemakers, etc... In coin or bullion form also a highly regarded trading and collecting good.
For an investment in Platinum, we recommend purchasing platinum bars or coins. Platinum bars can be purchased and stored tax-free in Singapore. Please click on the link below to visit our partner shop.
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Gold
Appearance:
gold-yellow shiny metal
Properties:
high density and relatively soft metal, non-magnetic
Application:
Gold finds its application in many industrial and non-industrial areas: e.g. as investment object, means of payment, jewellery and various industrial applications: Semiconductor industry, medicine (dentures etc...) Space travel etc.. In coin or bullion form also a highly regarded trading and collecting good.
For an investment in Gold, we recommend purchasing gold bars or coins. Both can be purchased from our partner shop. Please click on the link below for easy purchasing.
www.goldvorsorge.at
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