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{{Element | name=Neodymium | symbol=Nd | anumber=60 | amass=144.24 amu | state=Solid | class=Metallic | cstructure=Hexagonal| color=silvery white with a yellowish tinge. Tarnishes when exposed to air. | date=1885 | discname=Baron Carl Auer von Welsbach | origname=From the Greek ''neos'', meaning ''new'', and ''didymos'', meaning ''twin''. | uses=Used in ceramics to color glazes, in alloys for permanent magnets, for special lens with [[praseodymium]]. Also to produce bright purple glass and special glass that filters infrared radiation. | obtained=Chief ores of Neodymium are [[monazite]] and [[bastnasite]]. }}
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'''Neodymium''' is a chemical element. Its symbol is Nd and its atomic number is 60. It is a soft silvery metal that tarnishes in air. It is used, alloyed with [[Iron]] and [[Boron]], in the making of high-strength permanent [[magnet]]s.<ref>https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=W0Emv9dAJ1kC&pg=PA73&lpg=PA73&dq=%22neodymium+magnet%22+strongest&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22neodymium%20magnet%22%20strongest&f=false</ref>
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==References==
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[[Category:Elements]]
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[[Category:Metals]]
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{{Periodic table}}

Latest revision as of 20:56, December 6, 2018

Neodymium
Properties
Atomic symbol Nd
Atomic number 60
Classification Metallic
Atomic mass 144.24 amu
Other Information
Date of discovery 1885
Name of discoverer Baron Carl Auer von Welsbach
Name origin From the Greek neos, meaning new, and didymos, meaning twin.
Uses Used in ceramics to color glazes, in alloys for permanent magnets, for special lens with praseodymium. Also to produce bright purple glass and special glass that filters infrared radiation.
Obtained from Chief ores of Neodymium are monazite and bastnasite.


Neodymium is a chemical element. Its symbol is Nd and its atomic number is 60. It is a soft silvery metal that tarnishes in air. It is used, alloyed with Iron and Boron, in the making of high-strength permanent magnets.[1]

References

  1. ↑ https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=W0Emv9dAJ1kC&pg=PA73&lpg=PA73&dq=%22neodymium+magnet%22+strongest&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22neodymium%20magnet%22%20strongest&f=false
Periodic Table of the Elements
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18
1
H
1.008
2
He
4.003
3
Li
6.939
4
Be
9.0122
5
B
10.811
6
C
12.011
7
N
14.007
8
O
15.999
9
F
18.998
10
Ne
10.183
11
Na
22.99
12
Mg
24.312
13
Al
26.982
14
Si
28.086
15
P
30.974
16
S
32.064
17
Cl
35.453
18
Ar
39.948
19
K
39.102
20
Ca
40.08
21
Sc
44.956
22
Ti
47.9
23
V
50.942
24
Cr
51.996
25
Mn
54.938
26
Fe
55.847
27
Co
58.933
28
Ni
58.71
29
Cu
63.546
30
Zn
65.37
31
Ga
69.72
32
Ge
72.59
33
As
74.922
34
Se
78.96
35
Br
79.904
36
Kr
83.8
37
Rb
85.47
38
Sr
87.62
39
Y
88.905
40
Zr
91.22
41
Nb
92.906
42
Mo
95.94
43
Tc
[97]
44
Ru
101.07
45
Rh
102.91
46
Pd
106.4
47
Ag
107.87
48
Cd
112.4
49
In
114.82
50
Sn
118.69
51
Sb
121.75
52
Te
127.6
53
I
126.9
54
Xe
131.3
55
Cs
132.91
56
Ba
137.34
57*
La
138.91
72
Hf
178.49
73
Ta
180.95
74
W
183.85
75
Re
186.2
76
Os
190.2
77
Ir
192.2
78
Pt
195.09
79
Au
196.97
80
Hg
200.59
81
Tl
204.37
82
Pb
207.19
83
Bi
208.98
84
Po
210
85
At
210
86
Rn
222
87
Fr
215
88
Ra
226.03
89**
Ac
227.03
104
Rf
[261]
105
Db
[262]
106
Sg
[266]
107
Bh
[264]
108
Hs
[265]
109
Mt
[268]
110
Dt
[271]
111
Rg
[272]
112
Cn
[277]
113
Nh
[284]
114
Fv
[289]
115
Mc
[288]
116
Lv
[292]
117
Ts
[293]
118
Og
[294]
 
*Lanthanides
58
Ce
140.12
59
Pr
140.91
60
Nd
144.24
61
Pm
145
62
Sm
150.35
63
Eu
151.96
64
Gd
157.25
65
Tb
158.92
66
Dy
162.5
67
Ho
164.93
68
Er
167.26
69
Tm
168.93
70
Yb
173.04
71
Lu
174.97
 
**Actinides
90
Th
232.04
91
Pa
231
92
U
238.03
93
Np
237.05
94
Pu
239.05
95
Am
241.06
96
Cm
244.06
97
Bk
249.08
98
Cf
252.08
99
Es
252.08
100
Fm
257.1
101
Md
258.1
102
No
259.1
103
Lr
262.11
 
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