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Definition of Samarium

1. Noun. A grey lustrous metallic element of the rare earth group; is used in special alloys; occurs in monazite and bastnasite.

Definition of Samarium

1. n. A rare metallic element of doubtful identity.

Definition of Samarium

1. Noun. A metallic chemical element (''symbol'' Sm) with an atomic number of 62. ¹

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Definition of Samarium

1. a metallic element [n -S]

Medical Definition of Samarium

1. A rare metallic element of doubtful identity. Samarium was discovered, by means of spectrum analysis, in certain minerals (samarskite, cerite, etc), in which it is associated with other elements of the earthy group. It has been confounded with the donbtful elements decipium, philippium, etc, and is possibly a complex mixture of elements not as yet clearly identified. Symbol Sm. Provisional atomic weight 150.2. Origin: NL, fr. E. Samarskite. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

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Literary usage of Samarium

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

1. The Chemical News and Journal of Industrial Science (1904)
"234 Decomposition of Monazite. oxide free from samarium, and determine its atomic ... samarium. For the preparation of samarium I had the choice of the ..."

2. Journal of the American Chemical Society by American Chemical Society (1912)
"A slightly acid solution of samarium oxide in methane-trisulfonic acid was ... The samarium compound separated very well after standing for a day. ..."

3. Index to the Literature of the Spectroscope by Alfred Tuckerman (1888)
"samarium. samarium. Clève (PT). ... Ges., 16, 2493 (Abs.); Comptes Rendus, 97, 94. nal extinction of the spectra of yttrium and samarium. Crookes (W.). ..."

4. A Dictionary of Chemical Solubilities: Inorganic by Arthur Messinger Comey, Dorothy Anna Hahn (1921)
"samarium trichloride, SmCl». The anhydrous salt is very hydroscopic and easily sol. in H2O. (Matignon, С. R. 1902, 134. 1309.) Very sol. in H2O. ..."

5. A Treatise on Chemistry by Henry Enfield Roscoe, John Cannell Cain, Carl Schorlemmer (1913)
"samarium. 80 = 150-4. 368 This element was discovered in ... Metallic samarium is of a whitish-grey colour, melts at 1300- 1400°, has a sp. gr. of about 77, ..."

6. Select Methods in Chemical Analysis: (chiefly Inorganic) by William Crookes (1886)
"By the following mode of proceeding Dr. W. Gibbs completely avoids these difficulties. The usual mixture of cerium, lanthanum, didymium, and samarium, ..."

7. Analytical Chemistry by Frederick Pearson Treadwell (1921)
"samarium, Sa. At. Wt. 160.4 samarium is the least basic member of the cerite earth group and is somewhat similar to terbium of the yttrium earth group. ..."

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