Neodymium: Dan baya
An gano Neodymium a shekara ta 1885 ta masanin ilmin sunadarai dan kasar Austriya Carl Auer von Welsbach, kodayake bincikensa ya haifar da wasu cece-kuce - ba za a iya samun karfen a zahiri a sigar karfe ba, kuma dole ne a raba shi da didymium.
Kamar yadda kungiyar Royal Society of Chemistry ta lura, hakan ya haifar da shakku tsakanin masanan akan ko karfe ne na musamman ko a'a. Duk da haka, ba a daɗe ba kafin a ba da neodymium a matsayin wani sinadari na kansa. Karfe ya samo sunansa daga Girkanci "neos didymos," wanda ke nufin "sabon tagwaye."
Neodymium kanta yana da yawa. A haƙiƙa, ya ninka dalma sau biyu kuma kusan rabin na kowa kamar jan ƙarfe a cikin ɓawon ƙasa. Yawanci ana fitar da shi daga monazite da bastnasite ores, amma kuma wani samfurin fission ne na nukiliya.

Neodymium: Maɓallin aikace-aikace
Kamar yadda aka ambata, neodymium yana da kyawawan kaddarorin maganadisu, kuma ana amfani da shi don ƙirƙirar ƙaƙƙarfan ƙaƙƙarfan ƙaƙƙarfan maganadisu na duniya da ake samu ta nauyi da girma. Praseodymium, wata ƙasa da ba kasafai ake samunta ba, shima ana samunta a cikin irin wannan maganadisu, yayin da ake ƙara dysprosium don inganta ayyukan magnetin neodymium a yanayin zafi mafi girma.
Neodymium-iron-boron magnets sun kawo sauyi a yawancin jigogin fasahar zamani, kamar wayoyin hannu da kwamfutoci. Saboda irin ƙarfin da waɗannan maɗaukaki ke da ko da a cikin ƙananan masu girma dabam, neodymium ya sanya ƙarancin kayan lantarki da yawa mai yiwuwa, kamar yadda ƙungiyar Royal Society of Chemistry ta yi.
Don ba da ƴan misalai, Apex Magnets ya lura cewa magnetin neodymium yana haifar da ƙaramin girgiza a cikin na'urorin tafi-da-gidanka lokacin da aka rufe sautin ringi, kuma saboda ƙaƙƙarfan kayan maganadisu neodymium ne kawai na'urorin MRI na iya samar da ingantaccen hangen nesa na cikin jikin ɗan adam. ba tare da yin amfani da radiation ba.
Hakanan ana amfani da waɗannan magneto don zane-zane a cikin talabijin na zamani; suna haɓaka ingancin hoto sosai ta hanyar jagorantar electrons daidai zuwa allon cikin tsari da ya dace don matsakaicin tsabta da ingantaccen launi.
Bugu da ƙari, neodymium wani mahimmin sashi ne a cikin injin turbin iska, waɗanda ke amfani da magnetin neodymium don taimakawa wajen haɓaka ƙarfin injin turbine da samar da wutar lantarki. An fi samun ƙarfen a cikin injin turbin da ke tuƙi kai tsaye. Wadannan suna aiki a ƙananan gudu, suna ba da damar masana'antar iska don samar da wutar lantarki fiye da na'urorin lantarki na gargajiya, kuma suna samun riba mai yawa.
Mahimmanci, tun da neodymium ba ya yin nauyi sosai (ko da yake yana haifar da babban adadin ƙarfi) akwai ƙananan sassa da ke cikin ƙirar gabaɗaya, yana sa injin turbin ya zama masu samar da makamashi masu inganci. Yayin da buƙatun madadin makamashi ke ƙaruwa, buƙatar neodymium kuma an saita don ƙaruwa.