单词 | didymium |
释义 | didymium/dɪˈdɪmɪəm /noun [mass noun] Chemistry A mixture containing the rare earth elements praseodymium and neodymium, used to colour glass for optical filters. It was originally regarded as a single element.In 1879 Paul-Emile Lecoq, gallium's discoverer, announced that there was another element contaminating didymium, which he called samarium....
OriginMid 19th century: from Greek didumos 'twin' (because it was closely associated with lanthanum) + -ium (used as a suffix for new metals). |
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