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Holmium Carbide
HoC
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99% Holmium Carbide
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99.9% Holmium Carbide
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99.99% Holmium Carbide
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99.999% Holmium Carbide
HO-C-05
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Holmium Carbide is available in numerous forms and custom shapes including ingot, foil, rod, plate and sputtering target. High purity forms also include Carbide powder, submicron powder and nanoscale, single crystal or polycrystalline forms. Holmium Carbide is generally immediately available in most volumes. Additional technical, research and safety (MSDS) information is available as is a Reference Calculator for converting relevant units of measurement.

Like diamond, a pure carbon compound, Carbide compounds tend to be extremely hard, refractory and resistant to wear, corrosion and heat, making them excellent candidates for coatings for drills and other tools. They often have other valuable properties in combination with toughness, such as electrical conductivity, low thermal expansion and abrasiveness.

Holmium is a Block F, Group 3, Period 6 element. The electronic configuration is [Xe]4f116s2. In its elemental form holmium's CAS number is 7440-60-0. The holmium atom has a radius of 174.3.pm and it's Van der Waals radius is unknown. Holmium has the highest magnetic moment (10.6µB) of any naturally occurring element. Because of this it has been used to create the highest known magnetic fields by placing it within high strength magnets as a pole piece or magnetic flux concentrator. This magnetic property also has value in yttrium-iron-garnet (YIG) lasers for microwave equipment. Holmium is available as metal and compounds with purities from 99% to 99.999% (ACS grade to ultra-high purity); metals in the form of foil, sputtering target, and rod, and compounds as submicron and nanopowder. Holmium lases at a human eye safe 2.08 microns allowing its use in a variety of medical and dental applications in both yttrium-aluminum-garnet (YAG) and yttrium-lanthanum-fluoride (YLF) solid state lasers. The wavelength allows for use in silica fibers designed for shorter wavelengths while still providing the cutting strength of longer wave length equipment.

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Recent Research & Development for Holmium

  • Percutaneous endoscopic holmium laser lithotripsy for management of complicated biliary calculi. Healy K, Chamsuddin A, Spivey J, Martin L, Nieh P, Ogan K. JSLS. 2009 Apr-Jun;13(2):184-9. PMID: 19660213 [PubMed - in process]

  • Words of wisdom. Re: Holmium laser enucleation of the prostate: results at 6 years. Krambeck AE, Lingeman JE. Eur Urol. 2009 Mar;55(3):749. No abstract available. PMID: 19650210 [PubMed - in process]

  • High-power and highly efficient diode-cladding-pumped holmium-doped fluoride fiber laser operating at 2.94 mum. Jackson SD. Opt Lett. 2009 Aug 1;34(15):2327-9. PMID: 19649086 [PubMed - in process]

  • [Effect of extracorporeal shock-wave lithotripsy on residual stones after different methods of surgery.] Zhang L, Peng F, Yang L, Zhao X, Yang J, Zhang X. Zhong Nan Da Xue Xue Bao Yi Xue Ban. 2009 Jul;34(7):634-7. Chinese. PMID: 19648676 [PubMed - in process]

  • Percutaneous nephrostolithotomy versus flexible ureteroscopy/holmium laser lithotripsy: cost and outcome analysis. Hyams ES, Shah O. J Urol. 2009 Sep;182(3):1012-7. Epub 2009 Jul 18. PMID: 19616804 [PubMed - in process]

  • The relationship between the reproducibility of holmium laser enucleation of the prostate and prostate size over the learning curve. Haraguchi T, Takenaka A, Yamazaki T, Nakano Y, Miyake H, Tanaka K, Kuwayama M, Takechi Y, Fujisawa M. Prostate Cancer Prostatic Dis. 2009 Jul 7. [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 19581921 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

  • [Administration of radioactive holmium-166 microsphere in domestic animals with inoperable tumors] Van de Bovenkamp CG, Meij BP, Stassen QE, Nijsen JF, Kirpensteijn J. Tijdschr Diergeneeskd. 2009 Jun 15;134(12):532-3. Dutch. No abstract available. PMID: 19579383 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

  • Safety of holmium laser enucleation of the prostate in anticoagulated patients. Tyson MD, Lerner LB. J Endourol. 2009 Aug;23(8):1343-6. PMID: 19575692 [PubMed - in process]

  • Holmium:YAG Laser Lithotripsy for Urolithiasis in Horses. Grant DC, Westropp JL, Shiraki R, Ruby AL. J Vet Intern Med. 2009 Jul 1. [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 19572912 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

  • Comparison of TURP, TUVRP, and HoLEP. Gupta NP, Anand A. Curr Urol Rep. 2009 Jul;10(4):276-8. PMID: 19570488 [PubMed - in process]

  • Management of chronic unilateral hematuria by ureterorenoscopy. Brito AH, Mazzucchi E, Vicentini FC, Danilovic A, Chedid Neto EA, Srougi M. J Endourol. 2009 Aug;23(8):1273-6. PMID: 19566410 [PubMed - in process]

  • [Treatment of ureteral obstruction by holmium: YAG laser endoureterotomy: a report of 18 cases] Fu YM, Ni SB, Chen QY, Zhao ZS, Ren MH, Ma L, Jiao ZX. Zhonghua Yi Xue Za Zhi. 2009 Feb 10;89(5):335-7. Chinese. PMID: 19563713 [PubMed - in process]

  • The use of holmium laser technology for the treatment of refractory common bile duct stones, with a short review of the relevant literature. Day A, Sayegh ME, Kastner C, Liston T. Surg Innov. 2009 Jun;16(2):169-72. PMID: 19546123 [PubMed - in process]

  • Microsphere radioembolization of liver malignancies: current developments. Bult W, Vente MA, Zonnenberg BA, Van Het Schip AD, Nijsen JF. Q J Nucl Med Mol Imaging. 2009 Sep;53(3):325-35. PMID: 19521312 [PubMed - in process]

  • Percutaneous treatment of staghorn stones: a retrospective case-control study with evaluation of single vs multiple access to the kidney. Barnaba D, Grossi FS, Raguso M, Larocca L, Sallustio G, Di Lena S, Raguso G. Arch Ital Urol Androl. 2009 Mar;81(1):40-2. PMID: 19499757 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

  • An Unusual Complication of a Hem-o-Lok Clip((R)) Following Laparoscopic Radical Prostatectomy. Tunnard GJ, Biyani CS. J Laparoendosc Adv Surg Tech A. 2009 Jun 2. [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 19489676 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

  • Lasers in percutaneous renal procedures. Cinman NM, Andonian S, Smith AD. World J Urol. 2009 Jun 2. [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 19488759 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

  • Use of Kuntz laser carrier and Sachse urethrotome sheath in percutaneous nephrolithotomy: a point of technique. Bapat S, Yadav P, Padhye A, Bhave A, Mahajan P. J Endourol. 2009 Jun;23(6):917-20. PMID: 19473065 [PubMed - in process]

  • [Comparison of holmium and thulium laser in transurethral enucleation of the prostate] Shao Q, Zhang FB, Shang DH, Tian Y. Zhonghua Nan Ke Xue. 2009 Apr;15(4):346-9. Chinese. PMID: 19472910 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

  • Combined electrohydraulic and holmium: YAG laser ureteroscopic nephrolithotripsy of large (>2 cm) renal calculi. Mariani AJ. Indian J Urol. 2008 Oct;24(4):521-5. PMID: 19468511 [PubMed - in process] Related Articles Free article in PMC | at journal site

 

 

 

 

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