-- card: 23983 from stack: in -- bmap block id: 0 -- flags: 0000 -- background id: 14320 -- name: Sm -- part contents for background part 14 ----- text ----- Sm -- part contents for background part 22 ----- text ----- Samarium -- part contents for background part 15 ----- text ----- 62 -- part contents for background part 17 ----- text ----- 150.36 -- part contents for background part 18 ----- text ----- 7.520 -- part contents for background part 19 ----- text ----- 1074 -- part contents for background part 20 ----- text ----- 1794 -- part contents for background part 21 ----- text ----- +2,+3 -- part contents for background part 16 ----- text ----- (Samarskite, a mineral) Discovered in 1879 by Leqoc de Boisbaudran in the mineral samarskite, named after a Russian mine official, Colonel Samarski. Found with other rare earth elements in minerals including monazite and bastanite. -- part contents for background part 23 ----- text ----- silver luster, rare earth metal, fairly stable in air, it ignites in air at 150 C, 16 isotopes -- part contents for background part 24 ----- text ----- used for carbon arc lighting in the movie industry, magnetic material with high resistance to demagnetization, optical glasses, optical lasers, phosphors sensitive to infrared, absorber in nuclear reactors. -- part contents for background part 29 ----- text ----- 0.162 -- 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 6 2 6 2