The followinguses for europium are gathered from a number of sources as well as from anecdotal comments. I would be delighted to receive corrections as well as additionalreferenced uses.

• europium isotopes are good neutron absorbers and are used in nuclear control applications
• the oxide is used as a phosphor activator and europium-activated yttrium vanadate is used as the red phosphor in colour TV tubes
• europium-doped plastic is a laser material
• alloys