Definition of Didymium. Meaning of Didymium. Synonyms of Didymium

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Definition of Didymium

Didymium
Didymium Di*dym"i*um, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ? twin.] (Chem.) A rare metallic substance usually associated with the metal cerium; -- hence its name. It was formerly supposed to be an element, but has since been found to consist of two simpler elementary substances, neodymium and praseodymium. See Neodymium, and Praseodymium.

Meaning of Didymium from wikipedia

- Didymium (Gr****: δίδυμο, twin) is a mixture of the elements praseodymium and neodymium. It is used in safety gl****es for gl****blowing and blacksmithing...
- chemist Carl Gustav Mosander extracted a rare-earth oxide residue he called didymium from a residue he called "lanthana", in turn separated from cerium salts...
- Didymium wildpretii is a species of slime mold which feeds on the decaying remains of various species of cacti. It was first described in 2007 and has...
- Didymium difforme is a species of slime mold belonging to the family Didymiidae. "IRMNG - Didymium difforme (Pers.) Gray, 1821". www.irmng.org. Retrieved...
- Didymium is a genus of slime molds in the family Didymiaceae. Didymium aquatilis Didymium difforme Didymium squamulosum Didymium wildpretii Leontyev, Dmitry...
- cinereum (Batsch) Pers. (1794) Synonyms Lycoperdon cinereum Batsch (1783) Didymium cinereum (Batsch) Fr. (1822 (1829) Badhamia cinerea (Batsch) J.Kickx f...
- acid. The metals that formed these oxides were thus named lanthanum and didymium, officially discovered in Vienna in 1885 by Carl Gustaf Mosander. Von Welsbach...
- lanthanum oxide and a pinkish third component which he called "didymium" meaning "twin". Didymium was accepted as an element for many years, appearing in Dmitri...
- a so-called "element" that was even given the chemical name of "didymium". "Didymium" was found some years later to be simply a mixture of two genuine...
- astronomical filters similarly use didymium in heavier concentration. Even astronomical filters which don't use didymium typically are some kind of narrow...