PRASEODYMIUM INFORMATION CENTER
PROPERTIES, APPLICATIONS AND RESEARCH
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PROPERTIES OF PRASEODYMIUM
| Melting Point | 935°C |
| Boiling Point | 3127°C |
| Density | 6.77 g/cm3 |
| Crystal Structure | dhcp |
| Metallic Radius | 183 pm |
| Valency | 3 |
| Magnetic Moment | 3.60µB |
APPLICATIONS OF PRASEODYMIUM
Praseodymium resembles the typical trivalent rare earths, however, it will exhibit a +4 state when stabilized in a zirconia host. The element is found in most all light rare earth derivatives.
It is highly valued for ceramics as a bright yellow pigment in praseodymium doped zirconia because of its optimum reflectance at 560 nm.
Much research is being done on its optical properties for use in amplification of telecommunication systems, including as a doping agent in fluoride fibers.
It is also used in the scintillator for medical CAT scans.
RECENT PRASEODYMIUM RESEARCH
1. Isshiki K, Kuze Y, Kubota M, et al.
Reliable 1.01-mu m band laser diode pumped praseodymium-doped In/Ga-based
fluoride fiber amplifiers at 1.3 mu m
J LIGHTWAVE TECHNOL 16: (12) 2373-2377 DEC 1998
2. Xu YH, Ho JC, Guan WY, et al.
Calorimetric studies of praseodymium -induced anomalies in (Nd I -Xprx)Ba2Cu3O7
(x= 0.1 to 0.9 and (RO.1 PrO.9)Ba2Cu3O7 (R = Nd, Gd, Ho, Er, Lu)
HIGH TEMP-HIGH PRESS 30: (3) 291-295 1998
3. Lin JP, Hwu MJ, Chang LB
Improvement of Al/GaAs Schottky junction characteristics using a thin praseodymium
interlayer
JPN J APPL PHYS 2 37: (12A) L1437-LI439 DEC 1 1998
4. Zhang JP, Jiang SP, Love JG, et al.
Chemical interactions between strontium-doped praseodymium manganite and 3 mo%
yttria-zirconia
J MATER CHEM 8: (12) 2787-2794 DEC 1998
5. Campazzi E, Solari E, Floriani C, et al.
The fixation and reduction of dinitrogen using lanthanides: praseodymium and
neodymium meso-octaethylporphrinogen-dinitrogen complexes
CHEM COMMUN (23) 2603-2604 DEC 7 1998
6. De M, Sinharoy PK, De SK
Electronic structure and optical properties of praseodymium monopnictides
PHYS LETT A 249: (1-2) 141-152 NOV 23 1998
7. Joseph C, Varghese G, Ittyachen MA
Thermal decomposition studies of neodymium praseodmium oxalate decahydrate
crystals
J THERM ANAL CALORIM 52: (2) 517-522 1998
8. Antic-Fidancev E, Lemaitre-Blaise M, Porcher P
Optical study of praseodymium 3+ in zircon-type orthovanadate phases
SPECTROCHIM ACTA A 54: (13) 2151-2156 NOV 1998
9. Keller B, Legendziewicz J, Glinski J
Investigation of optical properties of praseodymium and cerium chlorides in
nonaqueous solutions
SPECTROCHIM ACTA A 54: (13) 2207-2213 NOV 1998
10. Christidis PC, Tossidis IA, Paschalidis DG, et al.
Tris (acety acetonato)(1, 10-phenanthroline)-cerium(III) and tris(acetylacetonato)(1,
10-phenanthroline)praseodymium(III)
ACTA CRYSTALLOGR C 54:1233-1236 Part 9 SEP 15 1998
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