Atomic Number 60 (Noun)
Meaning
A yellow trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group; occurs in monazite and bastnasite in association with cerium and lanthanum and praseodymium.
Classification
Nouns denoting substances.
Examples
- Neodymium has an atomic number of sixty and is a yellow trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
- The element with the atomic number sixty is used for making specialized magnets, glasses, and ceramics.
- Atomic number sixty was discovered in 1925 by Austrian chemist Carl Auer von Welsbach and was named from the Greek words neos and didymos.
- A yellow trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group that has an atomic number sixty occurs in monazite and bastnasite in association with cerium and lanthanum and praseodymium.
- The element with atomic number sixty is neodymium, which is primarily used in the production of strong permanent magnets.