Rare earth elements such as cerium are components of the strongest known magnets. From Wordnik.com. [EurekAlert! - Breaking News] Reference
But those deposits are skewed toward "light" rare earths such as cerium and lanthanum, while. From Wordnik.com. [Thestar.com - Home Page] Reference
Manganese, iron, cerium, or zirconium can be used in paint driers. From Wordnik.com. [Cobalt] Reference
The process activated the cerium oxalate to reveal the hidden text. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2006-11-05] Reference
K-series from calcium to cerium, the L-series from silver to bismuth. From Wordnik.com. [Nobel Prize in Physics 1917 - Presentation] Reference
Thus C stands for carbon, Cl for chlorine, Cd for cadmium, Ce for cerium, Cb for columbium. From Wordnik.com. [An Elementary Study of Chemistry] Reference
This number coincides with the atomic volumes of zirconium (21.7), cerium (21.1), lanthanum (22.6), and didymium. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American Supplement, No. 365, December 30, 1882] Reference
These mantles contain the oxides of cerium and thorium in the ratio of about 1\% of the former to 99\% of the latter. From Wordnik.com. [An Elementary Study of Chemistry] Reference
An agent would place a piece of paper impregnated with the chemical cerium oxalate between two pieces of plain paper. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2006-11-05] Reference
Solid oxide fuel cells typically require rare elements such as yttrium, zirconium, lanthanum, strontium or cesium, cerium, etc. From Wordnik.com. [Coyote Blog » Blog Archive » Bring it On] Reference
His interest in all sorts of compounds led to his discovery of a number of new elements, including cerium, selenium, and thorium. From Wordnik.com. [Berzelius, Jöns Jakob] Reference
When certain substances, such as thorium and cerium, are heated, they do not melt or vaporize, but glow with an intense bright light. From Wordnik.com. [General Science] Reference
A few days ago, there was a Guardian article about a CalTech project where cerium is used to manufacture hydrocarbons from H2O and C02. From Wordnik.com. [After a wasted year, climate change must once again be our priority | Robin McKie] Reference
Arrows point to cerium ions (dark dots) and lines (inner tube). From Wordnik.com. [PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories] Reference
CHENEY: And they also built a reactor to produce plutonium and cerium. From Wordnik.com. [The Two Malcontents] Reference
How much thorium, not to speak of cerium, could they take at a maximum. From Wordnik.com. [Tono Bungay] Reference
After annealing, the researchers observed SWCNTs containing cerium molecules. From Wordnik.com. [PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories] Reference
Using a Pt electrode, titration is performed with cerium (IV) sulphate solution. From Wordnik.com. [Manufacturingtalk - manufacturing industry news] Reference
Welsbach mantles consist of about 99 per cent thorium oxide and 1 per cent cerium oxide. From Wordnik.com. [The Economic Aspect of Geology] Reference
On boiling, the cerium is precipitated as dioxide, which is filtered off, ignited, and weighed. From Wordnik.com. [A Text-book of Assaying: For the Use of Those Connected with Mines.] Reference
(Left) An illustration of the conversion of encapsulated cerium molecules to an inner nanotube. From Wordnik.com. [PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories] Reference
In the ordinary course cerium is thrown down along with alumina and the other earths by ammonia. From Wordnik.com. [A Text-book of Assaying: For the Use of Those Connected with Mines.] Reference
For years cerium has been added to silicate glass to enhance its ultraviolet absorbing capacity. From Wordnik.com. [Recently Uploaded Slideshows] Reference
Lanthanum is used in hybrid car batteries - each Toyota Prius uses 33lb - plus terbium and cerium. From Wordnik.com. [Telegraph.co.uk: news, business, sport, the Daily Telegraph newspaper, Sunday Telegraph] Reference
Other teams are investigating different reactor designs for producing solar fuel, including rotating rings of cerium oxide. From Wordnik.com. [Gizmodo] Reference
Monazite is a mineral consisting of phosphates of cerium, lanthanum, thorium, and other rare earths in varying proportions. From Wordnik.com. [The Economic Aspect of Geology] Reference
These cerium-containing phosphate glasses have many commercial applications for use in windows, sunglasses and solar cells. From Wordnik.com. [Recently Uploaded Slideshows] Reference
cerium exists in two states in glasses -- cerium (III) and cerium (IV) -- and both states strongly absorb ultraviolet light. From Wordnik.com. [Recently Uploaded Slideshows] Reference
The pilot plant contains a ceramic reactor riddled with a honeycomb network of channels coated in a mixed iron and cerium oxide. From Wordnik.com. [Gizmodo] Reference
The problem has always been that silicate glass can only dissolve so much cerium before it becomes saturated and can hold no more. From Wordnik.com. [Recently Uploaded Slideshows] Reference
Klaproth also discovered zirconium (1789), strontium (1793), titanium (1795), chromium (1797), tellurium (1789), and cerium (1803). From Wordnik.com. [Klaproth, Martin Heinrich] Reference
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