praseodymium
Sign in to savePraseodymium is a chemical element; it has symbol Pr and atomic number 59. It is the third member of the lanthanide series and is considered one of the rare-earth metals. It is a soft, silvery, malleable and ductile metal, valued for its magnetic, electrical, chemical, and optical properties. It is too reactive to be found in native form, and pure praseodymium metal slowly develops a green oxide coating when exposed to air.
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Praseodymium is a soft, silvery metal with the chemical symbol Pr that belongs to the rare-earth elements and has useful magnetic, electrical, and optical properties. Because it's highly reactive and develops a green coating when exposed to air, it doesn't occur naturally in pure form and must be specially processed for use.
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- Physical properties
- Chemical properties
- Organopraseodymium compounds
- Isotopes
- History
- Occurrence
- Extraction
- Production
- Applications
- Biological role and precautions
- Notes
- References
- Bibliography
- Further reading
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Praseodymium is a chemical element; it has symbol Pr and atomic number 59. It is the third member of the lanthanide series and is considered one of the rare-earth metals. It is a soft, silvery, malleable and ductile metal, valued for its magnetic, electrical, chemical, and optical properties. It is too reactive to be found in native form, and pure praseodymium metal slowly develops a green oxide coating when exposed to air.
Praseodymium always occurs naturally together with the other rare-earth metals. It is the sixth-most abundant rare-earth element and fourth-most abundant lanthanide, making up 9.1 parts per million of the Earth's crust, an abundance similar to that of boron. In 1841, Swedish chemist Carl Gustav Mosander extracted a rare-earth oxide residue he called didymium from a residue he called "lanthana", in turn separated from cerium salts. In 1885, the Austrian chemist Carl Auer von Welsbach separated didymium into two elements that gave salts of different colours, which he named praseodymium and neodymium. The name praseodymium comes from the Ancient Greek (), meaning 'leek-green', and () 'twin'.