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Definition of Lanthanides

1. lanthanide [n] - See also: lanthanide

Medical Definition of Lanthanides

1. Those elements with atomic numbers 57-71 which closely resemble one another chemically and were once difficult to separate from one another. Synonym: rare earth elements. Origin: Lanthanum, first element of the series (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Lanthanides

Literary usage of Lanthanides

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Proceedings of the Workshop on Long-lived Radionuclide Chemistry in Nuclear by NEA Nuclear Science Committee (1998)
"The solvent extraction of trivalent actinides and lanthanides from aqueous 1 M NaNO, by means of the sulfur-containing acidic extractant ..."

2. Proceedings of the Workshop on Pyrochemical Separations: Avignon, France, 14 by European Commission, OECD Nuclear Energy Agency (2001)
"Based on the results of the extractions, the excess free energies of trichlorides of lanthanides in molten alkaline chloride were estimated, ..."

3. An International Spent Nuclear Fuel Storage Facility: Exploring a Russian by Glenn E. Schweitzer, A. Chelsea Sharber (2005)
"TPEs and lanthanides were stripped from the process solvent using 0.01 M HNO3. More than 99.5 percent of the actinides and lanthanides were recovered and ..."

4. Utilisation and Reliability of High Power Proton Accelerators: Workshop by NEA Nuclear Science Committee (2005)
"They are first co-extracted with the lanthanides from HLLW (using the ... then separated from the lanthanides (using the SANEX processes). ..."

5. Trends in the Nuclear Fuel Cycle: Economic, Environmental and Social Aspects by OECD Nuclear Energy Agency, Nea (2001)
"... minor actinides from the fission products and subsequently from the lanthanides. with further separation of curium from americium by the SESAME process. ..."

6. Evaluation of Speciation Technology: Workshop Proceedings, Tokai-mura by OECD Nuclear Energy Agency (2001)
"... Cm] and lanthanides(III) [Ln=Nd, Sm, Eu, Tb, Dy] was investigated systematically by time- resolved laser-induced fluorescence spectroscopy. ..."

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