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/nˌiːəʊdˈɪmiəm/
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NOUN
- a yellow trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group; occurs in monazite and bastnasite in association with cerium and lanthanum and praseodymium
How To Use neodymium In A Sentence
- With a 17-mm diam and lengths of 17 or 24 mm, a series of motors has high efficiency and long life, due to a precious metal commutation and neodymium magnets.
- China is a major producer of neodymium, and the U.S. magnet factories sold much of their production to the electronics factories of East Asia.
- For the first time we find lavas that have the high helium 3-to-helium 4 ratio, the right neodymium based on this discovery in 2005, and they plot on the geochron," Jackson says, referring to a geochronological dating scheme based on lead isotope ratios. Scientific American
- Among other things, it recommends that a defense agency that oversees strategic stockpiles develop "risk mitigation strategies" for some elements, including dysprosium, yttrium, praseodymium and neodymium. Pentagon Says China Hold on Key Elements Is Risky
- Above, annealed neodymium iron boron magnets sit in a barrel prior to being crushed into powder at a Neo Material Technologies Inc. factory in Tianjin, China. China Cuts Export Quota on Rare-Earth Metals
- There is also a tendency to keep the business in the family, an issue in particular for China Rare Earth, a processor of rare elements like neodymium, which is used in mobile-phone batteries.
- It takes 2-4 pounds per Prius, and Japan has had to buy much of their neodymium from the Chinese black market. Yakima Herald-Republic Weekly News
- Many other pairs of isotopes linked by decay processes with long half-lives are used for geological dating of rocks, including samarium - 147 neodymium - 143, rubidium - 87 strontium - 87, and potassium - 40 argon - 40.
- The F series uses a proprietary neodymium-iron magnet rotor structure and skewed armature assembly to optimize machine torque and volume.
- We see cerium, lanthanum, neodymium, and so forth, which indicate we are dealing with a rare-earth mineral, and that can mean big problems.