-- card: 23400 from stack: in -- bmap block id: 0 -- flags: 0000 -- background id: 14320 -- name: Nd -- part contents for background part 14 ----- text ----- Nd -- part contents for background part 22 ----- text ----- Neodymium -- part contents for background part 15 ----- text ----- 60 -- part contents for background part 17 ----- text ----- 144.24 -- part contents for background part 18 ----- text ----- 7.008 -- part contents for background part 19 ----- text ----- 1021 -- part contents for background part 20 ----- text ----- 3074 -- part contents for background part 21 ----- text ----- +3 -- part contents for background part 16 ----- text ----- (Gr. neos, new, and didymos, twin) Discovered by Welsbach in 1885, along with praseodymium, but not isolated until 1925. Found in misch metal, used for lighter flints. -- part contents for background part 23 ----- text ----- rare earth metal, silvery, metallic luster, reactive, quickly tarnishes in air, stored in mineral oil, two allotropic forms, moderate toxicity -- part contents for background part 24 ----- text ----- used for coloring glass, alone it colors glass violet, gray and wine shades, used in astronomy to calibrate spectral lines, lasers (to produce coherent light) -- part contents for background part 29 ----- text ----- 0.164 -- part contents for background part 26 ----- text ----- Electron Configuration: 1s 2s 2p 3s 3p 3d 4s 4p 4d 4f 5s 5p 5d 5f 6s 6p 6d 6f 7s 2 2 6 2 6 10 2 6 10 4 2 6 2