60 Nd
Lanthanide
Neodymium
Strongest permanent magnets.
Properties of Neodymium
- Atomic number (Z)
- 60
- Symbol
- Nd
- Atomic mass
- 144.24 g/mol
- Category
- Lanthanide
- Group
- 3
- Period
- 6
- Electron configuration
- [Xe] 4f⁴ 6s²
- Electronegativity (Pauling)
- 1.14
- Atomic radius
- 206 pm
- First ionization energy
- 533 kJ/mol
- Melting point
- 1297 K (1023.9 °C)
- Boiling point
- 3347 K (3073.8 °C)
- Density
- 7.007 g/cm³
- Phase at 25 °C
- Solid
- Discovered
- Discovered in 1885