White powder, insoluble in water, easily oxidized with air to produce terbium heptoxide. Widely used in fluorescent materials, ceramic materials, glass, magnetostrictive materials and other fields.

Yellow-green powder, easy to oxidize, has hygroscopic properties ,easy to absorb carbon dioxide in the air, soluble in acid, insoluble in water. Widely used in manufacture excellent high-temperature ceramic materials, and also used to manufacture green praseodymium glass, which also can be used as a catalyst in petrochemical industry.