Yttrium is an element that only a few know, but almost everyone uses in everyday life. Its compounds serve as host material for phosphors and are therefore essential for LEDs, energy-saving lamps, lasers and much more. Yttrium compounds also play an important role in Medicine . To the article about yttrium on the Fascination Chemistry website.

Why yttrium is the favorite element of Prof. Dr. Jean ? François Carpentier, you can read about it in the ChemistryViews series In My Element: Yttrium.