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| Product Name | NEODYMIUM Matel |
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| Min. Order | 1000KG |
| Purity | 99% |
| Supply Ability | 20T PER MONGTH |
| Release date | 2025/11/21 |
| General Description | Neodymium is the most abundant of the rare earths after Cerium and Lanthanum. It shows similar characteristics to the other trivalent Lanthanides. Primary applications include lasers, glass coloring and tinting, dielectrics and, most importantly, as the fundamental basis for Neodymium-Iron-Boron (Nd2Fe14B) permanent magnets. Neodymium has a strong absorption band centered at 580 nm, which is very close to the human eye's maximum level of sensitivity making it useful in protective lenses for welding goggles. It is also used in CRT displays to enhance contrast between reds and greens. It is highly valued in glass manufacturing for its attractive purple coloring to glass. Neodymium is included in many formulations of barium titanate, used as dielectric coatings and in multi-layer capacitors essential to electronic equipment. Yttrium-Aluminum-Garnet (YAG) solid state lasers utilize neodymium because it has optimal absorption and emitting wavelengths. Nd-based YAG lasers are used in various medical applications, drilling, welding and material processing. Neodymium has an unusually large specific heat capacity at liquid-helium temperatures, so is useful in cryocoolers. Probably because of similarities to Ca2+, Nd3+ has been reported to promote plant growth. Rare earth element compounds are frequently used in China as fertilizer. It is still a popular additive in glasses. Neodymium is also used to make some of the strongest permanent magnets. These magnets are widely used in electrical motors, generators and some other electronics such as microphones, loudspeakers and computer hard disks. Neodymium is also used with other substrate crystals to make high-powered infrared lasers. Neodymium Metal is mainly used in manufacturing very powerful permanent magnets-Neodymium-Iron-Boron magnets, and also are applied in making specialty superalloy and sputtering targets. Neodymium is also used in the electric motors of hybrid and electric automobiles, and in the electricity generators of some designs of commercial wind turbines.  |
| Chemical Properties | grey metal ingot |
| Physical properties | Neodymium is the third most abundant rare-earth element in the Earth’s crust (24 ppm). Itis reactive with moist air and tarnishes in dry air, forming a coating of Nd3O3, an oxide witha blue tinge that flakes away, leaving bare metal that then will continue to oxidize. Its melting point is 1,021°C, its boiling point is 3,074°C, and its density is 7,01 g/cm3. |
| Isotopes | There are 47 isotopes of neodymium, seven of which are considered stable.Together the stable isotopes make up the total abundance in the Earth’s crust. Twoof these are radioactive but have such long half-lives that they are considered stablebecause they still exist on Earth. They are Nd-144 (half-life of 2.29×10+15 years) andNd-150 (half-life of 6.8×10+15years). All the other isotopes are synthetic and havehalf-lives ranging from 300 nanoseconds to 3.37 days. |
| Origin of Name | Derived from the two Greek words neos and didymos. When combined, they mean “new twin.” |
| Occurrence | Although neodymium is the 28th most abundant element on Earth, it is third in abundanceof all the rare-earths. It is found in monazite, bastnasite, and allanite ores, where it isremoved by heating with sulfuric acid (H2SO4). Its main ore is monazite sand, which is amixture of Ce, La, Th, Nd, Y, and small amounts of other rare-earths. Some monazite sandsare composed of over 50% rare-earths by weight. Like most rare-earths, neodymium can beseparated from other rare-earths by the ion-exchange process. |
| Characteristics | As an element, neodymium is a soft silver-yellow metal. It is malleable and ductile. It canbe cut with a knife, machined, and formed into rods, sheets, powder, or ingots. Neodymiumcan form trivalent compounds (salts) that exhibit reddish or violet-like colors. Neodymium reacts with water to form Nd(OHO)3 and hydrogen (H2), which can explodeif exposed to a flame or spark. It is shipped and stored in containers of mineral oil. |
| History | In 1841 Mosander extracted from cerite a new rose-colored oxide, which he believed contained a new element. He named the element didymium, as it was an inseparable twin brother of lanthanum. In 1885 von Welsbach separated didymium into two new elemental components, neodymia and praseodymia, by repeated fractionation of ammonium didymium nitrate. While the free metal is in misch metal, long known and used as a pyrophoric alloy for light flints, the element was not isolated in relatively pure form until 1925. Neodymium is present in misch metal to the extent of about 18%. It is present in the minerals monazite and bastnasite, which are principal sources of rare-earth metals. The element may be obtained by separating neodymium salts from other rare earths by ion-exchange or solvent extraction techniques, and by reducing anhydrous halides such as NdF3 with calcium metal. Other separation techniques are possible. The metal has a bright silvery metallic luster. Neodymium is one of the more reactive rare-earth metals and quickly tarnishes in air, forming an oxide that splits off and exposes metal to oxidation. The metal, therefore, should be kept under light mineral oil or sealed in a plastic material. Neodymium exists in two allotropic forms, with a transformation from a double hexagonal to a body-centered cubic structure taking place at 863°C. Natural neodymium is a mixture of seven isotopes, one of which has a very long half-life. Twenty-seven other radioactive isotopes and isomers are recognized. Didymium, of which neodymium is a component, is used for coloring glass to make welder’s goggles. By itself, neodymium colors glass delicate shades ranging from pure violet through wine-red and warm gray. Light transmitted through such glass shows unusually sharp absorption bands. The glass has been used in astronomical work to produce sharp bands by which spectral lines may be calibrated. Glass containing neodymium can be used as a laser material to produce coherent light. Neodymium salts are also used as a colorant for enamels. The element is also being used with iron and boron to produce extremely strong magnets. These are the most compact magnets commercially available. The price of the metal is about $4/g. Neodymium has a low-to-moderate acute toxic rating. As with other rare earths, neodymium should be handled with care. |
| Uses | Neodymium salts, electronics, alloys, colored glass, (especially in astronomical lenses and lasers), to increase heat resistance of magnesium, metallurgical research, yttrium-garnet laser dope, gas scavenger in iron and steel manufacture |
| Uses | Misch metal is composed of about 18% neodymium, from which cigarette-lighter flints aremade. Because neodymium absorbs the yellow “sodium” line in the visible light spectrum, itcan be added to glass to produce violet-, red-, or gray-colored glass. Neodymium glass is usedto calibrate spectrometers and other optical devices in astronomical and laboratory observationinstruments. It is also used in the production of artificial rubies used in lasers. Its salts areused as pigments for ceramic enamels and glazes. Neodymium is magnetic and is used in many of the most powerful magnets in the world.Some types of steel contain up to 18% neodymium as an alloy. It is also used as a color forTV tubes and as a tint for eyeglasses. |
| Uses | Neodymium, plasma standard solution is used as a standard solution in analytical chemistry and atomic absorption spectroscopy. It is also used as a single-element standard solution for plasma emission spectrometry. |
| Definition | Metallic element having atomic number 60, group IIIB of the periodic table, aw 144.24, valence of 3. A rare-earth element of the lanthanide (cerium) group. There are seven isotopes |
| Definition | A toxic silvery element belonging to the lanthanoid series of metals. It occurs in association with other lanthanoids. Neodymium is used in various alloys, as a catalyst, in compound form in carbon-arc searchlights, etc., and in the glass industry. Symbol: Nd; m.p. 1021°C; b.p. 3068°C; r.d. 7.0 (20°C); p.n. 60; r.a.m. 144.24. |
| Hazard | (Salts) Irritant to eyes and abraded skin |
| Hazard | Many of the compounds (salts) of neodymium are skin irritants and toxic if inhaled oringested. Some are explosive (e.g., neodymium nitrate [Nd(NO3)3]). |
| Safety Profile | Human systemic effects by intracerebral route: blood changes. It may be an anticoagulant lanthanoid. Care in handling is advised. Flammable in the form of dust when exposed to heat or flame. Slight explosion hazard in the form of dust when exposed to flame. Can react violently with air, halogens, N2.Violent reaction with phosphorus above 4OOOC. Many of its compounds are poisons. |
Company Profile Introduction
Shanghai Shunli Industrial Co., Ltd. is located in Jinshan Chemical Industry Zone, Shanghai. It is a company that researches and manufactures new energy materials, rare earth materials, polymer materials, and products. We have production and manufacturing bases in Shanghai, Inner Mongolia, Jiangxi, and Shandong provinces. The company started from the research and development of polymer products, and gradually expanded to a company focusing on the research and development and production of new energy and rare earth materials, relying on the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, Shanghai Jiaotong University and other scientific research institutions. The company has completed the research and production of new energy materials such as lithium sulfide, lithium fluoride, and lithium nitride, as well as mass production of rare earth metals such as cerium, lanthanum cerium, and praseodymium neodymium. The company has a raw material and product testing center equipped with advanced testing equipment. The company has cultivated a well structured, united and efficient R&D talent team. Through technological breakthroughs and innovations, it has successfully developed multiple core new process routes for new energy and rare earth materials, and achieved mass production. The product quality has also reached the international leading level. The company is also committed to the recycling and reuse of new energy and rare earth materials, as well as the research and development of related technologies. Shunli has gathered numerous senior technical elites and management talents in the new energy and rare earth materials industries, guided by market demand and driven by technological development. Adhering to the fine tradition of integrity and relying on advanced foreign technology, Shunli combines scientific management models with innovative marketing concepts to continuously transform scientific and technological achievements into productivity. The c
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