neodymium

Table of Contents

Introduction References & Edit History Quick Facts & Related Topics

Images

chemical properties of Neodymium (part of Periodic Table of the Elements imagemap)

Read Next

Products from aluminum, copper, bronze, and brass on a white background. (metals)

Why Are Some Metals More Conductive than Others?

Chemical equations Chemical reactions chemistry

How Do You Balance a Chemical Equation?

Illustration of molecules. (molecular, chemistry, science)

Why Is a Group of Molecules Called a Mole?

Above the clouds 130 nautical miles below, astronaut Mark C. Lee floats freely without tethers as he tests the new Simplified Aid for Extravehicular Activity (EVA) Spacewalk Rescue (SAFER) system, Sept. 16, 1994. Space Shuttle Discovery, STS-64

Gravity: From Apples to the Universe

Discover

US Marines firing at Fallujah, Iraq, during the Second Battle of Fallujah in November 2004. Operation Iraqi Freedom, Iraq War.

Timeline of the 2000s

German machine gunners occupy a trench during World War I.

Weapons of World War I

The Colosseum, Rome, Italy. Giant amphitheatre built in Rome under the Flavian emperors. (ancient architecture; architectural ruins)

New Seven Wonders of the World

B-52G with cruise missiles, USAF, short range attack missiles SRAMs; guided missile

11 of the World’s Most Famous Warplanes

American bison (Bison bison) also known as buffalo or plains buffalo on the prairie, western U.S.

What’s the Difference Between Bison and Buffalo?

Battle of Puebla. Cinco de Mayo. General Porfirio Diaz leads Mexican cavalry to victory against the French lead by General Charles Lorencez at Puebla, Mexico April 2, 1867. Oil on canvas, 1902. May 5, 1862. General Ignacio Zaragoza

Portrait of Marie Antoinette by Jean-Francois Janinet, 1777. Color etching and engraving with gold leaf printed on two sheets, 30x13.5 in.

Did Marie-Antoinette Really Say “Let Them Eat Cake”?

neodymium: Facts & Related Content

Written and fact-checked by The Information Architects of Encyclopaedia Britannica

Facts

Also Known As	Nd

Photos

chemical properties of Neodymium (part of Periodic Table of the Elements imagemap)

See All Images →

Topics

neodymium alloy neodymium-143 chemical element rare-earth element hydrogen carbon sodium nitrogen sulfur phosphorus boron iodine fluorine zinc

Key People

Welsbach, Carl Auer, Freiherr von

Carl Auer, Freiherr von Welsbach

Austrian chemist and engineer

Quiz

Periodic Table of the elements concept image (chemistry)

Facts You Should Know: The Periodic Table Quiz

Concept artwork on the periodic table of elements.

118 Names and Symbols of the Periodic Table Quiz