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New page: {{Element | name=Samarium | symbol=Sm | anumber=62 | amass=150.36 amu | state=Solid | class=Metallic | cstructure=Hexagonal| color=Silvery white; oxidises in moist air | date=1879 | discna...
{{Element | name=Samarium | symbol=Sm | anumber=62 | amass=150.36 amu | state=Solid | class=Metallic | cstructure=Hexagonal| color=Silvery white; oxidises in moist air | date=1879 | discname=Paul Émile Lecoq de Boisbaudran | origname=From the mineral samarskite. | uses=Used in carbon-arc lighting, permanent magnets, lasers, alloys, headphones and as an absorber in nuclear reactors. | obtained=The chief ore it is found in is [[monazite]]. }}
Interestingly, the mineral samarskite after which samarium is named, was named after Vasili Samarsky-Bykhovets, the Chief of Staff (Colonel) of the Russian Corps of Mining Engineers in 1845–1861, thus making samarium the first chemical element to be named after a living person.
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Interestingly, the mineral samarskite after which samarium is named, was named after Vasili Samarsky-Bykhovets, the Chief of Staff (Colonel) of the Russian Corps of Mining Engineers in 1845–1861, thus making samarium the first chemical element to be named after a living person.
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