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- NEODYMIUM
- Atomic symbol - Nd
- Atomic weight - 144.24
- Atomic number - 60
- Electron configuration - 2-8-18-22-8-2
- Oxidation states - +3
- State of matter - solid
- Heavy metal-brittle
- Discovered in 1885 by Carl Auer von Welsbach
- Boils at 3127 ¯C, melts at 1010 ¯C
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- Notes:
- Used in special alloys and glasses, neodymium is a silvery-white color. It is
- used in electronics, manufacture of steel and in alloys; especially in
- cigarette lighter flints. In ceramics it is used as a glaze and to color
- glass. The crude oxide is used to counteract the green color in iron in glass;
- and the more pure compound is used in the manufacture of purple glass. This
- glass can also be used as a substitute to a ruby in a ruby laser. It is also
- used in the glass of welders and glass blower's goggles. Several allotropic
- forms exist.
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