The dissolution rates of rare earth oxides and two types of rare earth containing functional materials into water, saline solution, and Gamble's fluid were measured in order to evaluate the biological effects of rare earth-containing functional materials. The tested materials were yttrium, lanthanum, cerium and neodymium oxides, and neodymium-boron-iron magnet alloy (NdBFe) and lanthanum-mish-m...

The paper presents electrical actuator design considerations introduced by exploiting new magnetic material characteristics. The materials considered are amorphous alloy ribbons as well as neodymium alloy permanent magnets involving very low eddy current losses. Such materials enable electric machine operation at higher frequencies compared with the standard iron laminations used in the traditi...

In 1838, Swedish chemist Carl Mosander isolated lanthanum, a new metal that had been hiding in Berzelius’ cerium since 18031. Two years later, he found yet another metal in cerium — this third component was responsible for a purplish hue in his samples2. He named this metal didymium, from a Greek word meaning twin. Didymium shared many chemical properties with lanthanum and thus appeared to be ...

Purpose: The main objective of this study was development of determination of phase fraction methodology in cast magnesium alloy containing aluminum and rare earth elements. Design/methodology/approach: The study was conducted on magnesium alloy containing 4 %wt. aluminum and 4 %wt. mixture of rare earth elements (mischmetal) in the as-cast condition. The mischmetal includes cerium, lanthanum, ...

Single-crystal aluminum-gallium oxide films have been grown by molecular beam epitaxy in the corundum phase. Films of the (Al(1-x)Ga(x))(2)O(3) alloys doped with neodymium have favorable properties for solid-state waveguide lasers, including a high-thermal-conductivity sapphire substrate and a dominant emission peak in the 1090-1096 nm wavelength range. The peak position is linearly correlated ...

The alkali melting method was used to pretreat the specimens of Neodymium-iron-boron alloy, and inductively coupled plasma atomic emission spectrometer determine main element boron in NdFeB alloy. parameters instrument were optimized select best spectral line for determination boron, effect matrix overcome by adding Fe. has good precision accuracy, recoveries are range 99%∼101%, RSD less than 1...

Neodymium-iron-boron alloy, Nd2Fe14B, is used as a material for magnets. Neodymium one of the valuable and expensive rare earth elements often recovered to reduce costs environmental impact. Recently, method recovering neodymium phosphate from mixed solutions was reported. This very useful because main component ores phosphates, there are well-established methods refining earths phosphates. stu...

Tin whisker growth is a serious reliability concern for electronics using high-density packaging. Whisker growth behavior of tin lead eutectic solders doped with different neodymium concentration (5–0.1wt.%) was studied in present work. Results indicate that the Nd in the all of the Sn–Pb–Nd alloys mainly exists in NdSn3 intermetallic compound, and that the distribution of the NdSn3 phase is ve...

A superhydrophobic surface can endow metals with some intriguing characteristics such as self-cleaning behavior. In this study, a simple solution-immersion method based on the concept of predesigned corrosion is developed to enhance resistance magnesium-neodymium alloy. The Mg alloy directly soaked in potassium dihydrogen phosphate solution addition ultrasound, and layer rough but dense coating...