atomic number 60

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   a yellow trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group; occurs in monazite and bastnasite in association with cerium and lanthanum and praseodymium

   SynonymsneodymiumNd

   Broadermetallic element

Questions about atomic number 60

What does atomic number 60 mean?

atomic number 60 means "a yellow trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group; occurs in monazite and bastnasite in association with cerium and lanthanum and praseodymium".

What is another word for atomic number 60?

Close synonyms include neodymium, Nd. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is atomic number 60 a common word?

atomic number 60 is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.