different between neodymium vs bastnaesite

English

Etymology

From neo- +? (di)dymium.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /n??(?)?d?m??m/
• (US) enPR: n??d?m'??m, IPA^(key): /?ni?.o??d?mi?m/

Noun

neodymium (countable and uncountable, plural neodymiums)

1. A chemical element (symbol Nd) with an atomic number of 60: a hard, slightly malleable silvery metal that quickly tarnishes in air and moisture.
   • 2004, Richard Fortey, The Earth, Folio Society 2011, p. 63:

     Other rare elements, like neodymium, exist in more than one isotopic form, the ratios of which can provide a measure of the depth from which the flow material may ultimately have been derived.

2. (countable) A single atom of this element.

Derived terms

• neodymian
• neodymium magnet
• neodymium trichloride

Related terms

• didymium
• praseodymium

Translations

See also

• bastnasite
• monazite

Danish

Noun

neodymium

1. Alternative form of neodym
   • 2016, Rune Stefansson, Den sidste olie, Lindhardt og Ringhof (?ISBN)

     De sjældne jordarter, der findes i Kvanefjeld, neodymium og ...

   • 1986, Københavns universitet, Årbog

     Bly- og neodymium-isotopsystemerne har vist sig at give meget vigtige petrogenetiske data, ...

   • 2016, Rune Stefansson, Den sidste olie, Lindhardt og Ringhof (?ISBN)

     Kineserne skulle bruge neodymium og dysprosium i elektronik, ...

   • 2012, Hans P. Steenfos, Jørgen Taagholt, Grønlands teknologihistorie, Gyldendal A/S (?ISBN)

     Som eksempler kan nævnes lanthan, erbium, dysprosium, lutetium og neodymium.

   • 2013, Mattias Tesfaye, Kloge hænder, Gyldendal A/S (?ISBN)

     Tag for eksempel den sjældne jordart neodymium, ...

Dutch

Pronunciation

Noun

neodymium n (uncountable)

1. neodymium

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ne.o?dy.mi.um/, [ne??d??mi???]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ne.o?di.mi.um/, [n???d?i?mium]

Noun

neodymium n (genitive neodymi?); second declension

1. neodymium

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

English

Alternative forms

• bastnasite, bastnäsite

Etymology

From Bastnäs +? -ite. Named after its type locality, the Bastnäs mine near Riddarhyttan, Västmanland, Sweden.

Noun

bastnaesite (plural bastnaesites)

1. (mineralogy) A yellow-brown mineral that is a source of several rare earth metals, especially gadolinium, samarium, and neodymium.

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