WEB ELEMENT PROJECT BY: RICH C. SCIENCE PERIOD 6 ELEMENT NAME: Neodymium ATOMIC SYMBOL: Nd ATOMIC NUMBER: 60 ATOMIC MASS: 144.242 FAMILY NAME: Lanthanides METAL/NONMETAL/METALLOID: Metal STATE AT ROOM TEMPERATURE: Solid MELTING POINT IN KELVIN: 1,294 degrees MELTING POINT IN CELSIUS: 1,021 degrees MELTING POINT IN FAHRENHEIT: 1,870 degrees BOILING POINT IN KELVIN: 3,347 degrees BOILING POINT IN CELSIUS: 3,074 degrees BOILING POINT IN FAHRENHEIT: 5,565 degrees COLOR: Silvery­white DISCOVERED BY: Carl Auer von Welsbach YEAR DISCOVERED: 1885 WHERE IT WAS DISCOVERED: Vienna ORIGIN OF NAME: Named with neos didymos, Greek for new twin reflecting Neodymium’s close association with Praseodymium WHERE IS IT FROM: In certain ores in mining areas of China, the US, Brazil, India, Sri Lanka, and Australia HOW IS IT OBTAINED: By mining rock and finding ores in certain places. USES: Car windscreen wipers, wind turbines, special googles PHYSICAL PROPERTIES: Silvery metallic luster CHEMICAL PROPERTIES: I already said them above DIAGRAM OF ATOM: What do you get if you mix Barium, Neodymium, Tungsten, Silver, Oxygen, Nitrogen and Sulfur together? ‘Ba, Nd, W, Ag, O, N, S’. Cool fact:​
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Neodymium was named with ‘neos didymos’ – Greek for ‘new twin,’ reflecting neodymium’s close association with praseodymium. Works Cited "#60 ­ Neodymium ­ Nd." ​
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