Holmium citrate

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Holmium citrate under LED and CFL lighting.

Holmium citrate is the holmium salt of citric acid. It is prepared by addition of a stoichiometric amount of holmium metal to a citric acid solution. It is yellow in sunlight, incandescent light, or LED light and bright pink under the light of compact fluorescent lights.