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Where can the element samarium be found?
Samarium can be found in minerals such as monazite and bastnasite. It is primarily mined in countries like China, Russia, Australia, and the United States. Additionally, samarium is found in some uranium ores.
What country was samarium discovered in?
Paul-Emile Lecoq de Boisbaudran discovered this element in 1879 in Paris when he isolated samarium. Samarium is silvery-white in appearance and is found mainly in ores or minerals.
Where is samarium found on earth?
Samarium (in mineral monazite or other) exist in China, United States, India, Russia, Australia etc.
What group was samarium found in?
The family that samarium belongs to is known as the Lathanide family. This family consists of 15 metals also known as the rare earth metals.
Does samarium - 153 occurs naturally or is produced synthetically?
This isotope does not occur in the environment and thus must be produced synthetically.
How does samarium help kill cancer cells?
Samarium doesn't kill cancer cells. A radioactive isotope of samarium (samarium-153) is used in a chemotherapy agent, but it's the radiation, not the samarium, that kills the cancer cells.
What is the chemical symbol for samarium?
The noble gas notation for samarium is [Xe] 6s2 4f6.
Is samarium radioactive?
There are seven naturally occurring isotopes of samarium (Sm), and they are Sm-144 Sm-147, Sm-148, Sm-149, Sm-150, Sm-152 and Sm-154. Samarium's radionuclides Sm-147, Sm-148, and Sm-149 are alpha emiters. That is, they emit helium nuclei. The other isotopes are stable. A link can be found below.
What is the number of electron shells in samarium?
Samarium has six electron shells.
What is Samarium's name in Latin?
It is also called Samarium in Latin, hoped this helped!
How can you find out how Samarium is made?
Samarium is never found free in nature, but, like other rare earth elements, is contained in many minerals, including monazite, bastnasite and samarskite: monazite (in which it occurs up to an extent of 2.8%) and bastnasite are also used as commercial sources. Misch metal containing about 1% of samarium has long been used, but it was not until recent years that relatively pure samarium has been isolated through ion exchange processes, solvent extraction techniques, and electrochemical deposition. The metal is often prepared by electrolysis of a molten mixture of samarium chloride with sodium chloride or calcium chloride. Samarium can also be obtained by reducing its oxide with lanthanum. wikepediahttp://www.answers.com/topic/samarium-iii-chloride
What is the cost of samarium per gram?
Samarium 99 % cost is 0,025 $/g; see the link:http://www.metal-pages.com/metalprices/samarium/.
