Mon, 15 Sep 2008 13:52:48 +0000. I'm sick of the supermarket coleslaw that my local Sainsbury's sells, so I've started to make my own. Just a simple finely sliced cabbage, onion, carrot affair with a squeeze of lemon and spoonful of mayonnaise (Hellmans - I don't think I can be really bothered making my own mayonnaise).
Erbium's everyday uses are varied. It is commonly used as a photographic filter, and because of its resilience it is useful as a metallurgical additive. Other uses: 1  Used in nuclear technology in neutron-absorbing control rods. 2  When added to vanadium as an alloy, erbium lowers hardness and improves workability.rbium is a chemical element in the lanthanide series, with symbol Er and atomic number 68.
Europium is the most reactive of the rare earth elements. There are no commercial applications for europium metal, although it has been used to dope some types of plastics to make lasers.Since it is a good absorber of neutrons, europium is being studied for use in nuclear reactors.Europium oxide (Eu 2 O 3), one of europium's compounds, is widely used as a red phosphor in television sets and as an activator for yttrium-based phosphors.uropium is pronounced as yoo-RO-pee-em. History and Uses: Europium was discovered by Eugene-EugÃ¨ne Antole, demarcay DemarÃ§ay a, french chemist. In 1896 demarcay demarÃ§ay suspected that samples of a, recently, discovered element samarium were contaminated with. an unknown element