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/pɹˌeɪsədˈɪmiəm/
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NOUN
- a soft yellowish-white trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group; can be recovered from bastnasite or monazite by an ion-exchange process
How To Use praseodymium In A Sentence
- China supplies at least 95% of the world's rare earths -- 17 chemical elements with hard-to-pronounce names such as praseodymium and yttrium -- essential for a wide range of high-tech devices and green technologies. IndustryWeek Forums - Chain Reactions
- One of the oldest uses for praseodymium is in the manufacture of misch metal, a pyrophoric metal (a metal that gives sparks when struck) used to make lighter flints and tracer bullets.
- Magnets made with the rare-earth minerals neodymium and praseodymium are uniquely strong, making them valuable components in wind turbines and computer hard drives. Malaysia Stalls New Project
- To slow down the light, the researchers used a silicate crystal doped with a rare-earth element called praseodymium . This Laser Trick's a Quantum Leap
- Zume Press, Reuters, Agence France-Presse/Getty Images Molycorp, at its Mountain Pass facility, mines rare-earth elements like neodymium and praseodymium, upper right, which are used in the manufacturing of products like Apple's iPad. Molycorp Pays Off for Buyout Believers
- Uses:Used as important raw material for making praseodymium metal. Also used to make RE permanent magnetic alloys.
- Protective effects of phytosomal silybin were observed using rats pre-exposed to toxins such as praseodymium, galactosamine, and the mushroom poisons phalloidin and alpha-amanitin.
- I have elements in there that I've never even contemplated using before - stuff like indium, tantalum, ytterbium, and praseodymium.
- They aimed beams of heavy ions at targets of selected elements to produce nuclei with 75 neutrons and 55, 57, 59, and 61 protons (cesium, lanthanum, praseodymium, and promethium) in a wide variety of spin states.
- Didymium is a combination of two rare-earth elements, praseodymium and neodymium. Corrections