Lanthanum (La) Nanoparticles, nanodots or nanopowder are black spherical high surface area particles. Nanoscale Lanthanum Particles are typically 5 - 40 nanometers (nm) with specific surface area (SSA) in the 30 - 50 m2/g range and also available with an average particle size of 60 - 100 nm range with a specific surface area of approximately 5 - 10 m2/g.