Neodymium, 60Nd
Neodymium
Pronunciation/ˌnˈdɪmiəm/ (NEE-oh-DIM-ee-əm)
Appearancesilvery white
Standard atomic weight Ar°(Nd)
Neodymium in the periodic table
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Nd

U
praseodymiumneodymiumpromethium
Atomic number (Z)60
Groupf-block groups (no number)
Periodperiod 6
Block  f-block
Electron configuration[Xe] 4f4 6s2
Electrons per shell2, 8, 18, 22, 8, 2
Physical properties
Phase at STPsolid
Melting point1295 K ​(1022 °C, ​1872 °F)[3]
Boiling point3347 K ​(3074 °C, ​5565 °F)
Density (at 20° C)7.007 g/cm3[3]
when liquid (at m.p.)6.89 g/cm3
Heat of fusion7.14 kJ/mol
Heat of vaporization289 kJ/mol
Molar heat capacity27.45 J/(mol·K)
Vapor pressure
P (Pa) 1 10 100 1 k 10 k 100 k
at T (K) 1595 1774 1998 (2296) (2715) (3336)
Atomic properties
Oxidation statescommon: +3
0,[4] +2,[5] +4
ElectronegativityPauling scale: 1.14
Ionization energies
  • 1st: 533.1 kJ/mol
  • 2nd: 1040 kJ/mol
  • 3rd: 2130 kJ/mol
Atomic radiusempirical: 181 pm
Covalent radius201±6 pm
Color lines in a spectral range
Spectral lines of neodymium
Other properties
Natural occurrenceprimordial
Crystal structuredouble hexagonal close-packed (dhcp) (hP4)
Lattice constants
Double hexagonal close packed crystal structure for neodymium
a = 0.36583 nm
c = 1.17968 nm (at 20 °C)[3]
Thermal expansion6.7×10−6/K (at 20 °C)[3][a]
Thermal conductivity16.5 W/(m⋅K)
Electrical resistivitypoly: 643 nΩ⋅m
Magnetic orderingparamagnetic, antiferromagnetic below 20 K[6]
Molar magnetic susceptibility+5628.0×10−6 cm3/mol (287.7 K)[7]
Young's modulus41.4 GPa
Shear modulus16.3 GPa
Bulk modulus31.8 GPa
Speed of sound thin rod2330 m/s (at 20 °C)
Poisson ratio0.281
Vickers hardness345–745 MPa
Brinell hardness265–700 MPa
CAS Number7440-00-8
History
DiscoveryCarl Gustaf Mosander (1841)
First isolationCarl Auer von Welsbach (1885)
Named byCarl Auer von Welsbach (1885)
Isotopes of neodymium
Main isotopes[8] Decay
abun­dance half-life (t1/2) mode pro­duct
142Nd 27.2% stable
143Nd 12.2% stable
144Nd 23.8% 2.29×1015 y α 140Ce
145Nd 8.3% stable
146Nd 17.2% stable
148Nd 5.80% stable
150Nd 5.60% 9.3×1018 y[8] ββ 150Sm
 Category: Neodymium
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Nd · Neodymium
Pr ←

ibox Pr

iso
60
Nd  [e]
IB-Nd [e]
IBisos [e]
→ Pm

ibox Pm

indexes by PT (page)
child table, as reused in {IB-Nd}
Main isotopes of neodymium
Main isotopes[8] Decay
abun­dance half-life (t1/2) mode pro­duct
142Nd 27.2% stable
143Nd 12.2% stable
144Nd 23.8% 2.29×1015 y α 140Ce
145Nd 8.3% stable
146Nd 17.2% stable
148Nd 5.80% stable
150Nd 5.60% 9.3×1018 y[8] ββ 150Sm
Data sets read by {{Infobox element}}
Name and identifiers
Symbol etymology (11 non-trivial)
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Pronunciation
Allotropes (overview)
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Natural occurrence
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Electron configuration (cmt, ref)
Isotopes
Standard atomic weight
  most stable isotope
Wikidata
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* Not used in {{Infobox element}} (2023-01-01)
See also {{Index of data sets}} · Cat:data sets (46) · (this table: )

Notes

  1. ^ The thermal expansion is anisotropic: the parameters (at 20 °C) for each crystal axis are αa = 4.8×10−6/K, αc = 10.5×10−6/K, and αaverage = αV/3 = 6.7×10−6/K.[3]

References

  1. ^ "Standard Atomic Weights: Neodymium". CIAAW. 2005.
  2. ^ Prohaska, Thomas; Irrgeher, Johanna; Benefield, Jacqueline; Böhlke, John K.; Chesson, Lesley A.; Coplen, Tyler B.; Ding, Tiping; Dunn, Philip J. H.; Gröning, Manfred; Holden, Norman E.; Meijer, Harro A. J. (2022-05-04). "Standard atomic weights of the elements 2021 (IUPAC Technical Report)". Pure and Applied Chemistry. doi:10.1515/pac-2019-0603. ISSN 1365-3075.
  3. ^ a b c d e Arblaster, John W. (2018). Selected Values of the Crystallographic Properties of Elements. Materials Park, Ohio: ASM International. ISBN 978-1-62708-155-9.
  4. ^ Yttrium and all lanthanides except Ce and Pm have been observed in the oxidation state 0 in bis(1,3,5-tri-t-butylbenzene) complexes, see Cloke, F. Geoffrey N. (1993). "Zero Oxidation State Compounds of Scandium, Yttrium, and the Lanthanides". Chem. Soc. Rev. 22: 17–24. doi:10.1039/CS9932200017. and Arnold, Polly L.; Petrukhina, Marina A.; Bochenkov, Vladimir E.; Shabatina, Tatyana I.; Zagorskii, Vyacheslav V.; Cloke (2003-12-15). "Arene complexation of Sm, Eu, Tm and Yb atoms: a variable temperature spectroscopic investigation". Journal of Organometallic Chemistry. 688 (1–2): 49–55. doi:10.1016/j.jorganchem.2003.08.028.
  5. ^ Greenwood, Norman N.; Earnshaw, Alan (1997). Chemistry of the Elements (2nd ed.). Butterworth-Heinemann. p. 28. ISBN 978-0-08-037941-8.
  6. ^ Gschneidner, K. A.; Eyring, L. (1978). Handbook on the Physics and Chemistry of Rare Earths. Amsterdam: North Holland. ISBN 0444850228.
  7. ^ Weast, Robert (1984). CRC, Handbook of Chemistry and Physics. Boca Raton, Florida: Chemical Rubber Company Publishing. pp. E110. ISBN 0-8493-0464-4.
  8. ^ a b c d Kondev, F. G.; Wang, M.; Huang, W. J.; Naimi, S.; Audi, G. (2021). "The NUBASE2020 evaluation of nuclear properties" (PDF). Chinese Physics C. 45 (3): 030001. doi:10.1088/1674-1137/abddae.