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DIDYMIUM [1 record]

Record 1 2003-10-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Geochemistry
  • Construction Materials
DEF

[A] commercial mixture of rare earth elements obtained from monazite sand by extraction followed by the elimination of cerium and thorium from the mixture.

OBS

The name didymium has also been applied to mixtures of the elements praseodymium and neodymium ...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Géochimie
  • Matériaux de construction
DEF

[...] mélange d'éléments de terres rares provenant de la monazite après séparation du cérium (et du thorium).

OBS

[...] le didyme contient en fait deux éléments : le praséodyme et le néodyme.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Geoquímica
  • Materiales de construcción
DEF

Tierra rara consistente en una mezcla de neodimio y de praseodimio.

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