Neodymium is a chemical element with the symbol Nd and atomic number 60.
It is the fourth member of the lanthanide series and is considered one of the rare earth metals. It is a hard, slightly malleable silvery metal that tarnishes quickly with air and moisture.
Neodymium was originally used for coloring glass. It remains a popular eyeglass additive. Neodymium is also used to make some of the strongest permanent magnets. These magnets are widely used in electric motors, generators, and some other electronic products such as microphones, speakers, and computer hard drives. Neodymium is also used with other substrate crystals to make high-power infrared lasers.
Symbol: Nd
Atomic number: 60
Atomic weight: 144.242
Element category: lanthanide
Application of neodymium
The most important use of neodymium is to form alloys with iron and boron to make the strongest permanent magnets known. Today, neodymium magnets (Nd2Fe14B, NIB) are widely used in various industries. It is also very useful in cryocoolers and neodymium glass. For rare earth magnets, lasers, violet in glass and ceramics, neodymium glass, ceramic capacitors, and electric motors for electric vehicles.
Neodymium Sheet
Neodymium Metal
Edgetech Industries provides various neodymium metal products including:
Purity for our neodymium metal
Nd/TREM: 99.9%, TREM: 99%, 99.5%
Irregular: powder, lump, chunk, granules, particles.
Solid: Ingot, block, foil, sheet, plate, disc, rod, wire, pellets, sputtering target, and other customized parts.
Irregular Neodymium Metal
Neodymium Oxide
We provide powder, lump, chunk, granules, and particles for irregular neodymium metal.
Size range for each neodymium metal product:
Powder: -40mesh, -100mesh, -200 mesh, -325mesh
Lump & Chunk: 1-100mm
Granules: 1-30mm
Particles: 0.5-10mm
Shaped Neodymium Metal
We provide sheet, plate, ingot, rod, wire, cylinder, block, disc, sputtering target for shaped neodymium metal.
Size range for each neodymium metal product:
Foil: 0.2mm min thick x 10-200mm width x L
Sheet & Plate: 0.4mm-40mm Thick x 10-150mm Width x 10-300mm Length
Neodymium Metal Rod
Rod, Wire, Cylinder, Pellets: 0.5mm-12mm diameter x 3mm min Length
Round neodymium sputtering target or disc:
Diameter: <18”, Thickness: >0.04”
Rectangular neodymium sputtering target:
Length: <36”, Width: <12”, Thickness: >0.04”
Block & Ingot: Customized
Neodymium Oxide
Neodymium oxide is an oxide of rare earth elements. The appearance is a light gray-blue hexagonal crystal. Soluble in acid and water, it is an insoluble, thermally stable neodymium. We supply high-purity Nd2O3 in powder, granules, pellets, sputtering targets, and other custom forms.
Neodymium Oxide
Specifications of our Nd2O3
Nd2O3/TREO: 99%, 99.9%, 99.99%, 99.999%
Nd2O3 Powder, Granules, Pellets, Disc
Applications of Nd2O3
-Used in the production of various coloring pigments.
-Used to dope glass.
-Used to produce solid-state lasers and enamels
-Nd2O3 is used as a polymerization catalyst.
Neodymium Fluoride
Neodymium(III) fluoride, also known as neodymium trifluoride, is a crystalline ionic compound. They are commonly used in the manufacture of neodymium-magnesium alloys, glass, crystals and capacitors, and magnetic materials.
Purity of our Neodymium Fluoride
NdF3-TREO: > 81%
NdF3-3-12mm for PVD
99.999%, 5NProducts of our Neodymium Fluoride
(Anhydrous) powder
Granules for thin film coating
Applications of Neodymium chloride
-Glass, crystal and capacitors
-Neodymium metal and neodymium alloys
-Protective lenses for welding goggles
-Thin film coating
-CRT displays
Neodymium (III) Chloride
Neodymium(III) chloride (NdCl3) or neodymium trichloride is a purple powder that is stable at atmospheric pressure. Soluble in water, ethanol, ether, and chloroform. Its anhydrous form is a lavender powder that readily absorbs moisture from the air to become the purple hexahydrate.
Purity of our Neodymium (III) chloride
NdCl3 X xH2O (x=0/6)
TREO: > 81%
Products of our Neodymium (III) chloride
(Anhydrous) powder
Application of neodymium chloride
-Production of metallic neodymium: the most commonly used starting compound for the production of metallic metals
-Lasers and Fiber Amplifiers: It is not only a dopant for traditional silicon-based optical fibers, but also a dopant for plastic fibers (doped photoresist, polyimide, polyethylene, etc.).
-Catalysis: used to combine with organic compounds such as triethylaluminum, 2-propanol, titanium dioxide, etc.
-Anti-corrosion: Neodymium(III) chloride is a corrosion inhibitor that is environmentally friendly and has low toxicity.
-Marking of organic molecules: Neodymium has strong luminescence, so neodymium chloride is often used as a source of Nd3+ ions as a fluorescent marker in various physical and chemical reactions.
Neodymium Carbonate
Neodymium(III) carbonate hydrate
Nd2(CO3)3 X H2O
TREO: > 45%
REO/TREO: 2N~4N
99.9% trace metals basis
CAS Number 38245-38-4
Linear Formula Nd2(CO3)3 · xH2O
Molecular Weight 468.51 (anhydrous basis)
Neodymium Hydroxide
Nd(OH)3 X H2OTREO: > 40%
REO/TREO: 2N~4N
Neodymium(III) Nitrate
Neodymium(III) nitrate hexahydrate
TREO: > 40%
REO/TREO: 2N~4N
CAS Number 16454-60-7
Linear Formula Nd(NO3)3 · 6H2O
Molecular Weight 438.35
Neodymium(III) oxalate hydrate
Nd2(C2O4)3 X H2O
TREO: >42%
CAS Number 28877-87-4
Linear Formula Nd2(C2O4)3 · xH2O
Molecular Weight 552.54 (anhydrous basis)
Packaging of our neodymium products
Neodymium products are clearly tagged and labeled externally to ensure efficient identification and quality control. Great care is taken to avoid any damage which might be caused during storage or transportation.
Specific available purity might be different from each product based on processing & inventory raw material.
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