Praseodymium (Pr)
lanthanideSolid
Peso atomico standard
140,90766 uConfigurazione elettronica
[Xe] 6s2 4f3Punto di fusione
930,85 °CPunto di ebollizione
3519,85 °CDensità
6770 kg/m³Stati di ossidazione
0, +1, +2, +3, +4, +5Elettronegatività (Pauling)
1,13Energia di ionizzazione (1ª)
5,4702 eVAnno della scoperta
1885Raggio atomico
185 pmDettagli
Praseodymium is a light lanthanide and one of the rare-earth elements. In nature it occurs with other lanthanides, chiefly in minerals such as monazite and bastnäsite, and only in the +3 oxidation state under normal geochemical conditions. Its chemistry is dominated by Pr³⁺ salts and oxides, but the element is more readily oxidized to Pr⁴⁺ than most neighboring lanthanides. Praseodymium is technologically important in permanent magnets, optical materials, ceramics, and specialized alloys.
Praseodymium is soft, silvery, malleable, and ductile. It is somewhat more resistant to corrosion in air than europium, lanthanum, cerium, or neodymium, but it does develop a green oxide coating that falls off when exposed to air. As with other rare-earth metals, it should be kept under a light mineral oil or sealed in plastic.
The name derives from the Greek prasios for "green" and didymos for "twin" because of the pale green salts it forms. Praseodymium was discovered by the Austrian chemist Carl Auer (Baron von Welsbach) in 1885, who separated it and the element neodymium from a didymium sample (didymium had previously been thought to be a separate element).
Praseodymium was discovered by Carl F. Auer von Welsbach, an Austrian chemist, in 1885. He separated praseodymium, as well as the element neodymium, from a material known as didymium. Today, praseodymium is primarily obtained through an ion exchange process from monazite sand ((Ce, La, Th, Nd, Y)PO4), a material rich in rare earth elements.
From the Greek word prasios, green, and didymos, twin. In 1841 Mosander extracted the rare earth didymia from lanthana; in 1879, Lecoq de Boisbaudran isolated a new earth, samaria, from didymia obtained from the mineral samarskite. Six years later, in 1885, von Welsbach separated didymia into two others, praseodymia and neodymia, which gave salts of different colors. As with other rare earths, compounds of these elements in solution have distinctive sharp spectral absorption bands or lines, some of which are only a few Angstroms wide.
Pure praseodymium is a soft, silvery metal with a pale yellow cast when freshly cut. It tarnishes readily in air, forming oxide layers that can spall, so metal is usually stored under mineral oil, inert gas, or vacuum. It is malleable and reacts slowly with water, faster with dilute acids.
The largest use of praseodymium is in neodymium-iron-boron magnet alloys, where it can partly replace neodymium and help adjust magnetic and processing properties. Praseodymium compounds color glasses and ceramic glazes yellow to green, and mixed praseodymium-neodymium glass is used in didymium filters for glassworking eye protection. Praseodymium is also used in some mischmetal alloys, polishing and catalytic materials, and doped optical crystals or fibers for specialized lasers and signal devices.
Praseodymium's primary use is as an alloying agent with magnesium to create high-strength metals that are used in aircraft engines. Praseodymium also makes up about 5% of Misch metal, a material that is used to make flints for lighters. Praseodymium forms the core of carbon arc lights which are used in the motion picture industry for studio lighting and projector lights. Praseodymium is added to fiber optic cables as a doping agent where it is used as a signal amplifier. Praseodymium salts are used to give glasses and enamels a yellow color. Praseodymium is also a component of didymium glass, which is used to make certain types of welder's and glass blower's goggles.
Misch metal, used in making cigarette lighters, contains about 5% praseodymium metal. The rare-earth oxides, including Pr2O3 are among the most refractory substances known. Along with other rare earths, it is widely used as a core material for carbon arcs used by the motion picture industry for studio lighting and projection. Salts of praseodymium are used to color glasses and enamels; when mixed with certain other materials, praseodymium produces an intense and unusually clean yellow color in glass. Didymium glass, of which praseodymium is a component, is a colorant for welders goggles.
Isotopes in Medicine
Because of its relatively short half-life (19.12 h) and decay primarily by beta decay (96.3 percent beta decay and 3.7 percent alpha decay), 142Pr has been proposed for two main innovative applications in medicine, namely in microsphere brachytherapy and in eye plaque brachytherapy [425] M. C. Ferreira. Dosimetric Study of Beta-Minus Emitter Praseodymium-142: Applications in Microsphere Brachytherapy for Hepatocellular Carcinoma and Brachytherapy for Ocular Squamous Cell Carcinoma, East Carolina University Greenville, North Carolina, USA (2013).. 142Pr is advantageous because penetration of the beta fraction of the radiation is limited to a few millimeters in tissue, therefore limiting the dose of radiation to the treated site. 142Pr may be produced either by fast neutron activation or thermal neutron activation of stable 141Pr.
Research in metal-bearing radiopharmaceuticals is being conducted to determine the most efficient way to produce and process radioactive metals for in vivo tracing. This research has led to the development of a potential radionuclide generator that administers radioactive metal complexes to be observed during positron emission tomography (PET) imaging. A n(140Nd)/n(140Pr) amount-ratio radionuclide generator has been designed to administer 140Pr complexes, such as 140Pr-DTPA, to be used as a tracer during a PET scan [426] K. P. Zhernosekov. Radiochemical Aspects of Production and Processing of Radiometals for Preparation of Metalloradiopharmaceuticals, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz: Department of Chemistry, Pharmacy and Earth Sciences (2017), Feb. 27; https://publications.ub.uni-mainz.de/theses/volltexte/2006/1043/pdf/1043.pdf.. The half-life of 140Pr is 3.4 min. The n(140Nd)/n(140Pr) ratio radionuclide generators can also be used for administering 140Pr-phosphonate complexes to identify the development of skeletal metastases. Once the skeletal metastases are found, 153Sm-EDTMP can be administered as a radiotherapeutic agent to treat bone cancer (Fig. IUPAC.59.1) [426] K. P. Zhernosekov. Radiochemical Aspects of Production and Processing of Radiometals for Preparation of Metalloradiopharmaceuticals, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz: Department of Chemistry, Pharmacy and Earth Sciences (2017), Feb. 27; https://publications.ub.uni-mainz.de/theses/volltexte/2006/1043/pdf/1043.pdf.. The half-life of 153Sm is 1.9 days.
Praseodymium forms mainly trivalent compounds containing Pr³⁺, including praseodymium(III) chloride, PrCl₃, praseodymium(III) fluoride, PrF₃, and praseodymium(III) oxide, Pr₂O₃. Mixed-valence and tetravalent oxide chemistry is important: praseodymium(IV) oxide, PrO₂, and the nonstoichiometric oxide often written Pr₆O₁₁ are useful oxidizing and ceramic materials. Praseodymium salts are commonly green, and their optical absorption bands are sharp because 4f electrons are partly shielded from the ligand environment.
See more information at the Praseodymium compound page.
Praseodymium metal dust and filings can burn, and freshly divided material should be treated as a fire risk. Soluble praseodymium salts have low to moderate acute toxicity compared with many heavy metals, but they are not nutrients and should not be inhaled or ingested. Industrial hazards mainly involve dust exposure, reactive metal handling, hot processing, and co-exposure to acids, fluorides, or other chemicals used in separation and alloy production.
Praseodymium is dispersed in the crust with other light rare-earth elements and is concentrated by geological processes in phosphate and carbonate minerals. It is generally immobile in neutral soils and waters because Pr³⁺ strongly adsorbs to clays, oxides, and organic matter or precipitates with phosphate and carbonate. Mining and processing can release rare-earth-bearing dusts and tailings, but praseodymium is not known to have a specific biological role.
Praseodymium is produced as part of rare-earth mining and separation rather than from ores mined solely for Pr. Bastnäsite, monazite, and related concentrates are chemically cracked, and solvent extraction or ion-exchange methods separate the closely similar lanthanides. Demand is strongly linked to high-performance permanent magnets, where praseodymium and neodymium are often managed together as a didymium-rich stream. Supply is constrained by rare-earth separation capacity, environmental controls, and the need to balance production of many co-occurring lanthanides. Recycling from magnets and manufacturing scrap is technically possible and increasingly important, but separation from complex products remains difficult.
The element occurs along with other rare-earth elements in a variety of minerals. Monazite and bastnasite are the two principal commercial sources of the rare-earth metals. It was prepared in relatively pure form in 1931.
Praseodymium is much less abundant in the cosmos than iron-group elements but is a normal product of neutron-capture nucleosynthesis. Its stable isotope, ¹⁴¹Pr, is formed through s-process and r-process pathways in evolved stars and explosive events. In planetary materials it follows other refractory lithophile rare-earth elements and is enriched in differentiated crustal rocks relative to primitive mantle materials.
- Natural praseodymium is essentially monoisotopic, consisting of stable ¹⁴¹Pr.
- The name comes from Greek words meaning “green twin,” referring to the color of its salts and its separation from didymr
- Pr₆O₁₁ is often called praseodymium oxide, although it is not a simple single-valence oxide.
- Praseodymium can replace part of neodymium in many commercial magnet compositions.
- Pr³⁺ absorption lines can give praseodymium glass a distinctive yellow-green filter behavior.
Immagini
Proprietà
Fisiche
- Raggio atomico (empirico)
- 185 pm Confronta Raggio atomico (empirico) di tutti gli elementi →
- Raggio covalente
- 203 pm Confronta Raggio covalente di tutti gli elementi →
- Raggio di van der Waals
- 239 pm Confronta Raggio di van der Waals di tutti gli elementi →
- Densità
- 6770 kg/m³ Confronta Densità di tutti gli elementi →
- Volume molare
- 0,0208 L/mol
- Fase in condizioni STP
- Solido Confronta Fase in condizioni STP di tutti gli elementi →
- Punto di fusione
- 930,85 °C Confronta Punto di fusione di tutti gli elementi →
- Punto di ebollizione
- 3519,85 °C Confronta Punto di ebollizione di tutti gli elementi →
- Conducibilità termica
- 12,5 W/(m·K) Confronta Conducibilità termica di tutti gli elementi →
- Capacità termica specifica
- 0,193 J/(g·K) Confronta Capacità termica specifica di tutti gli elementi →
- Capacità termica molare
- 27,2 J/(mol·K) Confronta Capacità termica molare di tutti gli elementi →
- Struttura cristallina
- Esagonale compatta Confronta Struttura cristallina di tutti gli elementi →
Chimiche
- Elettronegatività (Pauling)
- 1,13 Confronta Elettronegatività (Pauling) di tutti gli elementi →
- Affinità elettronica
- 0,962 eV
- Energia di ionizzazione (1ª)
- 5,4702 eV Confronta Energia di ionizzazione (1ª) di tutti gli elementi →
- Energia di ionizzazione (2ª)
- 10,631037 eV Confronta Energia di ionizzazione (2ª) di tutti gli elementi →
- Energia di ionizzazione (3ª)
- 21,623774 eV Confronta Energia di ionizzazione (3ª) di tutti gli elementi →
- Energia di ionizzazione (4ª)
- 38,981134 eV Confronta Energia di ionizzazione (4ª) di tutti gli elementi →
- Energia di ionizzazione (5ª)
- 57,530198 eV Confronta Energia di ionizzazione (5ª) di tutti gli elementi →
- Stati di ossidazione
- 0, +1, +2, +3, +4, +5 Confronta Stati di ossidazione di tutti gli elementi →
- Elettroni di valenza
- 3 Confronta Elettroni di valenza di tutti gli elementi →
- Configurazione elettronica
- [Xe] 6s2 4f3
Termodinamiche
- Calore di fusione
- 0,07141006 eV Confronta Calore di fusione di tutti gli elementi →
- Calore di vaporizzazione
- 3,078199 eV Confronta Calore di vaporizzazione di tutti gli elementi →
- Calore di sublimazione
- 3,430585 eV
- Calore di atomizzazione
- 3,430585 eV
- Entalpia di atomizzazione
- 3,699021 eV
Nucleari
- Protoni
- 59 Confronta Protoni di tutti gli elementi →
- Neutroni
- 82 Confronta Neutroni di tutti gli elementi →
- Isotopi noti
- 41 Confronta Isotopi noti di tutti gli elementi →
- Isotopi stabili
- 1 Confronta Isotopi stabili di tutti gli elementi →
- Isotopo più stabile
- Pr-141
- Anno della scoperta
- 1885
Abbondanza
- Abbondanza (crosta terrestre)
- 9,2 mg/kg Confronta Abbondanza (crosta terrestre) di tutti gli elementi →
- Abbondanza (oceano)
- 6,4 × 10−7 mg/L Confronta Abbondanza (oceano) di tutti gli elementi →
Struttura cristallina
- Costante reticolare a
- 367 pm
Struttura elettronica
- Elettroni per guscio
- 2, 8, 18, 21, 8, 2 Confronta Elettroni per guscio di tutti gli elementi →
Identificativi
- Numero CAS
- 7440-10-0 Confronta Numero CAS di tutti gli elementi →
- Simbolo di termine
- 4I°9/2
- InChI
- InChI=1S/Pr
- Chiave InChI
- PUDIUYLPXJFUGB-UHFFFAOYSA-N
Configurazione elettronica Misurato
Pr: 4f³ 6s²[Xe] 4f³ 6s²1s² 2s² 2p⁶ 3s² 3p⁶ 3d¹⁰ 4s² 4p⁶ 4d¹⁰ 5s² 5p⁶ 4f³ 6s²Modello atomico
Gli isotopi modificano il numero di neutroni, la massa e la stabilità — non la configurazione elettronica di un atomo neutro.
Modello atomico schematico, non in scala.
Impronta atomica
Spettro di emissione / assorbimento
Distribuzione isotopica
| Numero di massa | Massa atomica (u) | Abbondanza naturale | Emivita |
|---|---|---|---|
| 141 Stabile | 140,9076576 ± 0,0000023 | 100,0000% | Stabile |
Fase / Stato
Motivo: 905,9 °C sotto il punto di fusione (930,85 °C)
Schema non in scala
Punti di transizione di fase
Energie di transizione
Energia necessaria per fondere 1 mol al punto di fusione
Energia necessaria per vaporizzare 1 mol al punto di ebollizione
Energia necessaria per sublimare 1 mol al punto di sublimazione
Densità
In condizioni standard
In condizioni standard
Spettri atomici
Sono visualizzati 10 di 59. Ordinamento per carica ionica crescente.
Righe disponibili ?
| Ione | Carica | Righe totali | Probabilità di transizione | Designazioni dei livelli |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pr I | 0 | 182 | 0 | 0 |
| Pr II | +1 | 548 | 172 | 356 |
| Pr III | +2 | 372 | 0 | 0 |
| Pr IV | +3 | 135 | 0 | 0 |
| Pr V | +4 | 12 | 0 | 0 |
Livelli disponibili ?
| Ione | Carica | Livelli |
|---|---|---|
| Pr I | 0 | 430 |
| Pr II | +1 | 201 |
| Pr III | +2 | 430 |
| Pr IV | +3 | 104 |
| Pr V | +4 | 9 |
| Pr VI | +5 | 2 |
| Pr VII | +6 | 2 |
| Pr VIII | +7 | 2 |
| Pr IX | +8 | 2 |
| Pr X | +9 | 2 |
Raggi ionici
| Carica | Coordinazione | Spin | Raggio |
|---|---|---|---|
| +3 | 6 | N/D | 99 pm |
| +3 | 8 | N/D | 112.6 pm |
| +3 | 9 | N/D | 117.9 pm |
| +4 | 6 | N/D | 85 pm |
| +4 | 8 | N/D | 96 pm |
Composti
Isotopi (1)
| Numero di massa | Massa atomica (u) | Abbondanza naturale | Emivita | Modalità di decadimento | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 141 Stabile | 140,9076576 ± 0,0000023 | 100,0000% | Stabile | stable |
Proprietà estese
Raggi covalenti (dati estesi)
- Raggio covalente (Pyykkö)
- 176 pm
- Raggio covalente (Pyykkö, legame doppio)
- 138 pm
- Raggio covalente (Pyykkö, legame triplo)
- 128 pm
Raggi di van der Waals
- Alvarez
- 292 pm
- UFF
- 360,6 pm
- MM3
- 273 pm
Raggi atomici e metallici
- Raggio atomico (Rahm)
- 286 pm
Scale di numerazione
- Mendeleev
- 17
- Pettifor
- 31
- Glawe
- 30
Scale di elettronegatività
- Ghosh
- 0
- Miedema
- 3
- Gunnarsson–Lundqvist
- 4
- Robles–Bartolotti
- 4
Polarizzabilità e dispersione
- Polarizzabilità dipolare
- 216 a.u.
- Polarizzabilità dipolare (inc.)
- 20 a.u.
- C₆ (Gould–Bučko)
- 3760 Ha·Bohr6
Parametri di Miedema
- Volume molare di Miedema
- 20,79 cm3/mol
- Densità elettronica di Miedema
- 2
Rischio di approvvigionamento ed economia
- Concentrazione della produzione
- 97
- Rischio relativo di approvvigionamento
- 10
- Distribuzione delle riserve
- 50
- Stabilità politica (principale produttore)
- 24
- Stabilità politica (principale detentore di riserve)
- 24
Transizioni di fase e allotropi
| Punto di fusione | 1204,15 K |
| Punto di ebollizione | 3793,15 K |
Categorie degli stati di ossidazione
Dati di riferimento avanzati
Costanti di schermaggio (13)
| n | Orbitale | σ |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | s | 1,1694 |
| 2 | p | 4,2306 |
| 2 | s | 15,538 |
| 3 | d | 13,8476 |
| 3 | p | 19,1756 |
| 3 | s | 19,499 |
| 4 | d | 32,7028 |
| 4 | f | 37,8992 |
| 4 | p | 29,9432 |
| 4 | s | 28,6668 |
Dettaglio dei raggi cristallini (5)
| Carica | CN | Spin | rcrystal (pm) | Origine |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | VI | 113 | from r^3 vs V plots, | |
| 3 | VIII | 126,6 | from r^3 vs V plots, | |
| 3 | IX | 131,9 | from r^3 vs V plots, | |
| 4 | VI | 99 | from r^3 vs V plots, | |
| 4 | VIII | 110 | from r^3 vs V plots, |
Modalità di decadimento degli isotopi (58)
| Isotopo | Modalità | Intensità |
|---|---|---|
| 121 | p | 100% |
| 122 | B+ | — |
| 122 | B+p | — |
| 123 | B+ | — |
| 123 | B+p | — |
| 124 | B+ | 100% |
| 124 | B+p | — |
| 125 | B+ | 100% |
| 125 | B+p | — |
| 126 | B+ | 100% |
Fattori di diffusione dei raggi X (508)
| Energia (eV) | f₁ | f₂ |
|---|---|---|
| 10 | — | 1,26325 |
| 10,1617 | — | 1,25455 |
| 10,3261 | — | 1,24591 |
| 10,4931 | — | 1,23732 |
| 10,6628 | — | 1,22879 |
| 10,8353 | — | 1,22033 |
| 11,0106 | — | 1,21192 |
| 11,1886 | — | 1,20357 |
| 11,3696 | — | 1,19528 |
| 11,5535 | — | 1,18704 |
Dati aggiuntivi
Estimated Crustal Abundance
The estimated element abundance in the earth's crust.
9.2 milligrams per kilogram
Riferimenti (1)
- [5] Praseodymium https://education.jlab.org/itselemental/ele059.html
Estimated Oceanic Abundance
The estimated element abundance in the earth's oceans.
6.4×10-7 milligrams per liter
Riferimenti (1)
- [5] Praseodymium https://education.jlab.org/itselemental/ele059.html
Sources
Sources of this element.
The element occurs along with other rare-earth elements in a variety of minerals. Monazite and bastnasite are the two principal commercial sources of the rare-earth metals. It was prepared in relatively pure form in 1931.
Riferimenti (1)
- [6] Praseodymium https://periodic.lanl.gov/59.shtml
Production
Production of this element (from raw materials or other compounds containing the element).
Ion-exchange and solvent extraction techniques have led to much easier isolation of the rare earths and the cost has dropped greatly in the past few years. Praseodymium can be prepared by several methods, such as by calcium reduction of the anhydrous chloride of fluoride.
Riferimenti (1)
- [6] Praseodymium https://periodic.lanl.gov/59.shtml
Riferimenti
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