Mechanical properties of polycrystalline cerium from 78 to 525 K

Mechanical properties of cerium and a cerium–5wt% lanthanum alloy by nanoindentation and ultrasonic velocity measurements

“…The phase diagram also shows a large hysteresis in the transition temperatures between heating and cooling. Although the mechanical properties of Ce have been investigated in the past [9,10] no mechanical property data of Ce-La alloys have been found in the published literature. One of the difficulties in handling Ce, and lanthanide metals in general, is their rapid oxidation, especially in the presence of water.…”