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A yellow trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group
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neodymium
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WordNet
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n. a yellow trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group; occurs in monazite and bastnasite in association with cerium and lanthanum and praseodymium [syn: Nd , atomic number 60 ]
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Neodymium is a chemical element with symbol Nd and atomic number 60. It is a soft silvery metal that tarnishes in air. Neodymium was discovered in 1885 by the Austrian chemist Carl Auer von Welsbach . It is present in significant quantities in the ore minerals ...
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Neodymium \Ne`o*dym"i*um\, n. [NL. Dee Neo- , and Didymium .] (Chem.) The chemical element of atomic number 60, one of the rare earth elements. Symbol Nd. Atomic weight 144.27. Note: It is a rare metallic element occurring in combination with cerium, lanthanum, ...
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n. A metallic chemical element (''symbol'' Nd) with an atomic number of 60.
Usage examples of neodymium.
It was you, after all, who ordered the neodymium, completely ignoring the fact that your budget was already overspent.
There is more cerium on Earth than copper, more neodymium and lanthanum than cobalt or nitrogen.
Nitrogen, Nb for Nobelium, Nd for Neodymium, Ne for Neon, Ni for Nickel, No for Niobrium, Np for Neptunium.
I get requests for strontium and neodymium isotope ratios, and wish lists that get ridiculous.
An Austrian named Karl von Welsbach proved it to be a blend of two separate elements, praseodymium and neodymium.
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The magnetrons then focused the field and sent it to the laser generator, where the plasma energy stripped high-energy particles from neodymium, creating laser light.
The plasma generator doesn't need to be a multimegawatt monster-all we need is a large pulse for a hundredth of a second to excite the neodymium lasing amplifier chips.