Is there any way to store Samarium without Glovebox?

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K. Sreenivas

you have to store it in oil

Harekrushna Behera

Thank you sir, for your suggestion. Can you please recommend any specific oil?

Alan F Rawle

Harekrushna Behera From Wikipedia: 'Even when stored under mineral oil, samarium gradually oxidizes and develops a grayish-yellow powder of the oxide-hydroxide mixture at the surface. The metallic appearance of a sample can be preserved by sealing it under an inert gas such as argon'. Don't use whale oil...