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samarium

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samarium /sa·mar·i·um/ (sah-mar´e-um) a chemical element, at. no. 62, symbol Sm. The complex s. Sm 153 lexidronam is used in the palliative treatment of bone pain associated with osteoblastic metastatic bone lesions.
sa·mar·i·um (s-mâr-m, -mr-)
n. Symbol Sm
A metallic rare-earth element used in alloys, in infrared absorbing glass, and as a neutron absorber in certain nuclear reactors. Atomic number 62.
samarium (Sm)
[səmer′ē·əm]
Etymology: Colonel M. von Samarski, nineteenth-century Russian mine official
a metallic rare earth element. Its atomic number is 62, and its atomic mass is 150.35.
samarium [sah-ma´re-um]
a chemical element, atomic number 62, atomic weight 150.35, symbol Sm. (See Appendix 6.) The complex samarium Sm 153 lexidronam is used in the palliative treatment of bone pain associated with osteoblastic metastatic bone lesions, administered intravenously.
samarium
a chemical element, atomic number 62, atomic weight 150.35, symbol Sm. See Table 6.
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They’re generally clustered in a separate grouping at the bottom of the table, are known collectively as the lanthanoids, and these are their names, in order of atomic number (57-70): lanthanum, cerium, praseodymium, neodymium, promethium, samarium, europium, gadolinium, terbium, dysprosium, holmium, erbium, thulium, and ytterbium.
Why all the fuss over rare earths? by Doug Hornig / Stockhouse
That may not seem particularly significant until one considers that rare earth materials such as neodymium, samarium and lanthanum are key elements needed to fuel the "green revolution" and are found in components in countless defense systems.
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