Praseodymium

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

praseodymium
    n 1: a soft yellowish-white trivalent metallic element of the
         rare earth group; can be recovered from bastnasite or
         monazite by an ion-exchange process [syn: {praseodymium},
         {Pr}, {atomic number 59}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Praseodymium \Pra`se*o*dym"i*um\, n. [Praseo- + didymium.]
   (Chem.)
   An elementary substance, one of the constituents of didymium;
   -- so called from the green color of its salts. Symbol Ps.
   Atomic weight 143.6.
   [1913 Webster]

from The Elements (07Nov00)

praseodymium
Symbol: Pr
Atomic number: 59
Atomic weight: 140.907
Soft silvery metallic element, belongs to the lanthanoids. Only natural
isotope is Pr-141 which is not radioactive.  Fourteen radioactive
isotopes
have been artificially produced. Used in rare-earth alloys. Discovered
in
1885 by C.A. von Welsbach.

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