Featured Rare-Earth Metals Entry
Samarium
Samarium, suh MAR ee uhm (chemical symbol, Sm), is a chemical element and one of the rare-earth metals. Alloys of samarium and cobalt are excellent magnetic materials and have many commercial uses. Samarium has a silver color and slowly oxidizes in air. The common oxide has a pale yellow color and is rapidly soluble in most acids. Paul Emile Lecoq de Boisbaudran of France discovered samarium in 1879. The element is named after the Russian engineer Colonel V. E. Samarski.
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Cerium
Cerium, SIHR ee uhm, is a soft, gray metal of the rare-earth group of chemical elements. Cerium...
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Erbium
Erbium, UR bee uhm (chemical symbol, Er), is one of the rare earth metals. Its atomic number...
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Europium
Europium, yu ROH pee uhm (chemical symbol, Eu), is one of the rare-earth metals. It is soft and...
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Gadolinium
Gadolinium, gad uh LIHN ee um, is a silver-white metal of the rare-earth group of chemical...
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Holmium
Holmium, HOHL mee uhm (chemical symbol, Ho) is one of the rare-earth metals. Its atomic number...
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Lanthanum
Lanthanum, LAN thuh nuhm, is a soft, silvery-white metallic element. It tarnishes rapidly when...
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Neodymium
Neodymium, nee uh DIHM ee uhm (chemical symbol, Nd), is a metallic element belonging to the...
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Promethium
Promethium, pruh MEE thee uhm (chemical symbol Pm), is a chemical element and one of the...
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Samarium
Samarium, suh MAR ee uhm (chemical symbol, Sm), is a chemical element and one of the rare-earth...
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Terbium
Terbium, TUR bee uhm (chemical symbol, Tb), is a chemical element and one of the rare-earth...
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Thulium
Thulium, THOO lee uhm, is one of the rare-earth elements. It occurs with other rare-earth...
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Ytterbium
Ytterbium, ih TUR bee uhm, is a soft silvery metal. Small amounts of ytterbium are used in...
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