Parseodymium

...was first discovered in didymium. The common uses for praseodymium are in your every day lives. It is used to make cigarette lighters. It is also used in color TV’s, energy saving lamps, and coloring glass (example- stained glass windows in a church). It can be used in flouriest lamps and ceramics. It was used in the same thing back in the olden days. Praseodymium is a silvery, malleable, ductile, and soft. It belongs to the Rare Earth Metals family. It is also apart of the lanthanide group. It has a melting point of 931 degrees Celsius. It has a boiling point of 3512 degrees Celsius. It has a density of 6.77 g/cm3. Praseodymium’s crystal structure is hexagonal. The electric shell of Praseodymium is [Xe] 4f3 6s2. It has 6 energy levels. The ionic radius for Praseo...

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