#lutetiums

[triptychofvoids]

Very important question: are you able to sing along to The Elements by Tom Lehrer?

yes

[periodictabletournament]

Round 2 - Matchup 10

Beryllium 4 (Be) - A key component of some gemstones like aquamarine and emerald. Useful for aerospace.

vs

Lutetium 71 (Lu) - Lutetium can be used to determine the age of meteorites

[a1teruniverse]

[materialsscienceandengineering]

Replication of room-temperature superconductor claims fails to show superconductivity

A team of physicists at Nanjing University, attempting to replicate the superconductivity results from an experiment conducted by a team at the University of Rochester, produced the desired material but also found that it was not superconductive. In their study, reported in the journal Nature, the group replicated the work by the prior team and tested the resulting material.

In 2020, a team of engineers and physicists at the University of Rochester in New York, led by mechanical engineer Ranga Dias, published a paper in the journal Nature claiming to have created a compound that, when exposed to extreme pressure, became a superconductor at room temperature. Soon thereafter, Nature retracted the paper due to the use of undocumented data by the research team.

More recently, the same team published another paper in Nature claiming to have created a different material that became superconductive at room temperature—at much lower pressure than the material described in their first paper. In this new effort, the team in China duplicated the work, hoping to find the same results.

The work involved following the same steps taken by the team at the University of Rochester (UoR), doping a lutetium-hydrogen chemical with nitrogen. The idea behind the effort is that hydrogen-rich chemicals can, under the right conditions, incite the formation of Cooper pairs of electrons, which have been associated with superconductivity.

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[element-tournament]

LANTHANOIDS: ROUND 2 POLL 4

THULIUM:

The rarest rare earth metal

Yes, it is the haha funny sex number

LUTETIUM:

The hardest and most expensive lanthanoid

Was originally named Lutecium

[fuckableelementspoll]

Round 1.1: Lutetium (71) vs. Chlorine (17)

Lutetium (71)

Lutetium is a silvery white metal named after the roman predecessor town to Paris, France. Lutetium bonds readily to other common elements, making it hard to extract and expensive, but it is still used in petroleum refining as a catalyst, and as a host to x-ray producing substances.

Chlorine (17)

A common and variable element. In it's pure form it is a yellow and toxic gas used in chemical warfare. However, it has many uses in compounds. Being a major component of Table Salt, seawater, and some bleaches, Chlorine is well known for it's reactivity and toxicity, but also it's necessity and stability in certain forms. A salty, but necessary lay. Also yellow!

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[atevegter]

3268 Ziekenhuis

Goed. Ik lig nu dus in het Antoni van Leeuwenhoek voor de vijfde lutetium psma behandeling. Maak je geen zorgen, ik lig graag in het ziekenhuis. De meeste mensen niet, dat weet ik, maar ik wel. Ik word er goed verzorgd, ik krijg de behandeling die ik nodig heb en het eten is lekker. Dat is niet iedereen met mij eens, maar dat maakt niks uit. Ik weet bijvoorbeeld dat Viggo Waas het eten in zijn…

[thewitfire]

Nitrogen-doped lutetium hydride shows evidence of near-ambient superconductivity

Nitrogen-doped lutetium hydride shows evidence of near-ambient superconductivity.#superconductivity #materials science #nitrogen #lutetiumhydride #energy #medicine #transportation #efficiency #innovation

Nitrogen-doped lutetium hydride- Scientists have made an incredible discovery: superconductivity has been detected in a nitrogen-doped lutetium hydride. The material exhibits a maximum critical superconducting transition temperature of 294 K at 10 kbar, which is equivalent to room temperature and near ambient pressures. These findings have been published in prestigious scientific journal…

[elbowreplacementtreatment]

Lutetium-177 PSMA therapy is a new, cutting-edge treatment for prostate cancer that is showing great promise. This therapy uses a radioactive isotope called lutetium-177, which targets and kills cancer cells while sparing healthy tissue. Lutetium-177 PSMA therapy is currently being used in clinical trials and has been shown to be effective in treating prostate cancer. This treatment is non-invasive just like Actinium (Ac225) PSMA Therapy and has very few side effects, making it an attractive option for patients with this disease.

TAG- Outcome of Lu177 PSMA Therapy in India, Cost of Lutetium or Lu177 PSMA Therapy in India

[periodictabletournament]

Round 1 - Part 2 - Matchup 2

Lawrencium vs Lutetium

[simmyfrobby]

Elemental Haiku by Mary Soon Lee

Hydrogen, Hydrogen, Hydrogen, Hydrogen, Helium, Lithium, Beryllium, Boron, Boron, Carbon, Carbon, Nitrogen, Oxygen, Oxygen, Oxygen, Fluorine, Fluorine, Neon, Neon, Sodium, Magnesium, Magnesium, Aluminum, Silicon, Phosphorus, Sulfur, Sulfur, Chlorine, Argon, Potassium, Calcium, Scandium, Titanium, Vanadium, Chromium, Chromium,

Manganese, Manganese, Iron, Iron, Cobalt, Nickel, Nickel, Copper, Zinc, Zinc, Zinc, Gallium, Germanium, Germanium, Arsenic, Selenium, Selenium, Bromine, Krypton, Rubidium, Strontium, Yttrium, Yttrium, Yttrium, Zirconium, Niobium, Molybdenum, Molybdenum, Technetium, Ruthenium, Ruthenium, Ruthenium, Rhodium, Rhodium, Palladium, Silver, Cadmium, Indium, Tin, Antimony, Tellurium,

Iodine, Xenon, Caesium, Caesium, Caesium, Barium, Lanthanum, Lanthanum, Cerium, Cerium, Praseodymium, Neodymium, Promethium, Promethium, Samarium, Europium, Gadolinium, Terbium, Dysprosium, Holmium, Erbium, Thulium, Thulium, Thulium, Thulium, Ytterbium, Lutetium, Hafnium, Tantalum, Tungsten, Rhenium, Osmium, Iridium, Platinum, Gold, Mercury, Mercury,

[luna-loveboop]

Help I was in chemistry class and looked at the symbol for Lutetium

Edit: forgot context sorry. Here-

*snicker*

[element-tournament]

LANTHANOIDS: ROUND 1 POLL 7

YTTERBIUM:

Could easily be confused with Yttrium

LUTETIUM:

The hardest and most expensive lanthanoid

Was originally named Lutecium

[wisteriasymphony]

Pulcinelle - Fragmentation

“Victory is still within my grasp, Nathalie! I have no need for the minor miraculous! Victory is mine, victory is mine!” Gabriel shouted through his phone, tearing his atelier apart while he paced like a caged tiger. 

The man had not rested for the slightest moment since the Chinese Miracle Box had been stolen from him, and his face wore the exhaustion like a coat of warpaint. Silvery gray hair fell over his brows in the haphazard manner of a battle-torn settlement, white banners of surrender tainted with ash as his eyes burned with a conqueror’s fury. And yet, he had conquered nothing. Monarch had crowned himself king with a power he no longer possessed. 

Raising up a crumpled diagram to the air, Gabriel continued to roar and howl. “I know the frequencies of each Kwami’s power! With the traces of their energy recorded within me, I shall be able to replicate them!” The ruined king burst into a manic laughter, shaking the paper like an empty chalice as its brothers swirled across tables and laid in dead heaps on the floor. “With the immense power of Embodied Transmission, all of the minor miraculous will be recreated and under my control! Do you understand, Nathalie? I’ve won! I have won!” 

Monarch Renatus - Alliance Rings

Alliance Rings shall be constructed of an alloy (hereby designated Alliance Alloy) of 50% Silver, 39.9999% Lutetium, 10% Scandium, and 0.0001% Miraculum. Miraculum powder shall be harvested independently and combined with Lutetium before the Alliance Alloy is synthesized. Miraculum powder will display properties similar to mica, giving Alliance Rings a faint purple sparkle that may be used as a marketable feature. 

Miraculum charged Alliance Rings -> Instantaneous Akumatization -> Potent Transmission? 

“Gabriel.“ 

“All I need is to convince Tomoe of this plan, and I’ll be—“ 

“Gabriel!” Nathalie was pinching her nose so hard she was half worried she would snap it off. “You had the Rabbit Miraculous with you, the first thing you should’ve done is gone back to save Emilie. We can’t keep helping you if you can’t help yourself!” 

“This isn’t just about Emilie anymore!” 

Gabriel began to choke at the sound of his own words, letting the phone drop to the floor. All at once, the room began to spin, the papers and charts around him like a sea of parchment with an ever-shifting gravity, no up nor down. He had to grasp the edge of the table to prevent himself from collapsing and remember, remember that it was all about Emilie and it would only ever be about Emilie. He had to remember the ghost she had become, picture his love slipping away and resolve beyond all means and measure to bring her back. It was about Emilie, and ergo everything was justified, nothing was his fault! Gabriel could swear he had never been at fault!

“Yeah,” Nathalie barked back. “I can tell.” 

And so she ended the call. 

—— Hours later, in another office… ——

“Where are they?” 

Gabriel was not at all comfortable with the idea of admitting failure to Tsurugi Tomoe. “Where is what?” He stammered out, loosening his collar with a finger. 

“The collection of minor miraculous,” she repeated herself. “You said you had them.” 

“When did I ever say that? You must, uh… You must be mistaken, Tomoe.” 

“At 21:08 last night exactly, I was greeted with an email in my personal inbox. Its contents were:” 

Madam Tsurugi,

 I am pleased to inform you that I have acquired the possession of fifteen minor miraculous this evening. I feel as though this may be beneficial to our plans for the Perfect Alliance Initiative, and would like to discuss alterations to our plans in the morning. As you know, these artifacts are highly powerful (albeit not what I am currently searching for), and I believe you will know the best course of action moving forward. 

An earlier meeting later on this evening would also suit me, although I do plan on following this sudden turn of events up with a grand speech to Paris as a whole to highlight Ladybug’s catastrophic blunder. Please refrain from contacting me until after I have concluded this. 

Signed, Gabriel Agreste 

“…That must have been an automated message.” 

“Do you take me for an idiot, Agreste?” 

Gabriel swallowed hard, bringing his face into a taut closed smile that pushed his glasses further up his face. The cocktail of drugs he’d taken to restore himself was only making Tomoe’s face swim before him, her features blending into a blurry blobfish mush that he couldn’t stay still long enough to focus on. The sweat rolled down his face with the tempo of his twitching cheek. 

“I can say with utmost certainty that—“ 

“That you take me for an idiot?” 

“No!” Gabriel blurted out. “…That what transpired last night was due to circumstances beyond my control. I believe the culprit we should turn our attentions towards is my nephew, Felix.“ 

“The fourteen year old boy?” 

Gabriel swallowed again, following the action up with a quiet, nervous laughter. Of course it had to be the most ridiculous thing, for a boy less than a third Gabriel’s age to defeat him, but there was simply no other leads! Gabriel could picture that twerp now, cackling to himself as he sifted through the jewels rightfully stolen for Gabriel, crying to his mother about how innocent he was and how his uncle deserved to be robbed like this! But Gabriel Agreste would not take this slight standing down, not for a moment. Just as Tomoe had put it, Felix was but a small defenseless child. 

“…Yes.” 

“I see no reason in working with you any longer if teenagers can surpass you in competence,” Tomoe stated coldly, rising from her chair. 

Gabriel slammed his hand down on the desk, the sweat from his palm graying the slick white sheen on the white wood. 

“One last gamble, Tomoe. I have one last gamble.” 

Gabriel fished out his brooch from underneath his jacket lapel, holding it up to the light. To the untrained eye, the center of the brooch was a cabochon of charoite, dark streaks clouding the surface of the gem. From its back shot out four spokes, the top two longer than the bottom: Pearlescent, shimmering nacre reflecting tones of lilac and blush pink. Silver veins ran up each wing tenderly, so thin they were hard to even notice. Perfect, invisible segments, tapering off at the ends of each wing into immaculate points. 

“Feel its power, Tomoe,” Gabriel panted, leaning onto the desk. “This is all we have ever needed! Imagine even an ember of this power flowing through the alloy in every ring! Even the smallest pinch of this brooch as a component, and I will have every customer of yours as my minions.” 

Tomoe slowly sat herself back down, keeping a hand on the table to steady herself. 

“And how do you plan on accomplishing this?” 

Gabriel’s laugh was hoarse and already sickly, his grasp on the brooch so tight the lower wings began to poke into the flesh of his hand. 

“If there’s anything I know intimately, Tomoe, it is that a miraculous can break,” he replied. “And if I can even shatter a single wing of this brooch, I can redistribute its power as I see fit.” 

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