Imperator Crassus. Julius Caesar arrives at the House of Crassus and after a brief tussle with Crassus' guards, is welcomed by the man himself. Crassus strikes an alliance with Caesar in order to bring an end to Spartacus' rebellion. He orders Caesar to remain unshaven and the purpose of this is not revealed.
1 Lanthanum oxide additive to tungsten is used in gas tungsten arc welding electrodes, as a substitute for radioactive thorium. 2  Various compounds of lanthanum and other rare-earth elements (oxides, chlorides, etc.) are components of various catalysis, such as petroleum cracking catalysts.
Lanthanum around us. Lanthanum has no biological role. Lanthanum is never found in nature as the free element. Lanthanum is found in the ores monazite sand [(Ce, La, etc.)PO 4 ] and bastnÂ°site [(Ce, La, etc.)(CO 3)F], ores containing small amounts of all the rare earth metals. Other ores include allanite. It is difficult to separate from other rare earth elements.