Neodymium(III) oxide

Neodymium(III) oxide
Names
IUPAC name
Neodymium(III) oxide
Other names
Neodymium oxide, Neodymium sesquioxide
Identifiers
3D model (JSmol)
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EC Number
  • 215-214-1
UNII
  • InChI=1S/2Nd.3O
    Key: HBPPDPSYLUIKHU-UHFFFAOYSA-N
  • O=[Nd]O[Nd]=O
Properties
Nd2O3
Molar mass 336.48 g/mol
Appearance light bluish gray hexagonal crystals
Density 7.24 g/cm3
Melting point 2,233 °C (4,051 °F; 2,506 K)
Boiling point 3,760 °C (6,800 °F; 4,030 K)[1]
.0003 g/100 mL (75 °C)
+10,200.0·10−6 cm3/mol
Structure
Hexagonal, hP5
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Thermochemistry
111.3 J·mol−1·K−1[1]
158.6 J·mol−1·K−1
−1807.9 kJ·mol−1
Related compounds
Other anions
Neodymium(II) chloride
Neodymium(III) chloride
Other cations
Uranium(VI) oxide
Praseodymium(III) oxide
Promethium(III) oxide
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa).
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Neodymium(III) oxide or neodymium sesquioxide is the chemical compound composed of neodymium and oxygen with the formula Nd2O3. It forms very light grayish-blue hexagonal crystals.[1] The rare-earth mixture didymium, previously believed to be an element, partially consists of neodymium(III) oxide.[2]

  1. ^ a b c Lide, David R. (1998), Handbook of Chemistry and Physics (87 ed.), Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press, pp. 471, 552, ISBN 0-8493-0594-2
  2. ^ Brady, George Stuart; Clauser, Henry R.; Vaccari, John A. (2002), Materials Handbook (15 ed.), New York: McGraw-Hill Professional, p. 779, ISBN 978-0-07-136076-0, retrieved 2009-03-18