User:Praseodymium-141/Neodymium/Not done


 * citation [64] to page 102 of doesn't seem to line up


 * "but changes with the type of lighting, because of the interaction of the sharp light absorption bands of neodymium with ambient light enriched with the sharp visible emission bands of mercury, trivalent europium or terbium" Er... Emission bands of europium or terbium are commonly present in lights?


 * "Like most other metals in the lanthanide series, neodymium usually only uses three electrons as valence electrons, as after the remaining 4f electrons are strongly bound" I don't understand this sentence.


 * "that spalls off and exposes the metal to further oxidation" To be clear, it spalls off without external force?


 * The chemical formulae in Chemical properties are unnecessary and clutter the text.
 * Which formulae do you mean? Please clarify further. Bli231957 (talk) 12:45, 5 May 2022 (UTC)
 * Apologies, I meant the formulas in Neodymium compounds. Ovinus (talk) 04:33, 28 May 2022 (UTC)


 * The list of compounds should not include their full names (just wikilink their formulae), and relatively uncommon ones should be excluded.
 * Which compounds are relatively common compared to the others (I would put the halides, oxide, hydroxide, carbonate and acetate)? Bli231957 (talk) 08:33, 28 May 2022 (UTC)
 * Shall I remove their full names or their chemical formulae? Bli231957 (talk) 09:42, 28 May 2022 (UTC)


 * "Neodymium is a quite electropositive element" Needs to be more specific; how electropositive, or compared to what?


 * "7*10^18 years, approximately" Why approximately? If there's a huge error bar I'd say "on the order of 7*10^18 years" and then put the error in the isotope box.


 * Is an RS? Ovinus (talk) 06:02, 4 June 2022 (UTC)
 * The same reference is used in the article Praseodymium so I think it should be an RS. Bli231957 (talk) 12:46, 7 June 2022 (UTC)
 * It's definitely not; it's a site that sells metallic samples, and has zero editorial oversight.


 * "Neodymium isotopes are used in various scientific applications." Well, sure... probably specify radioactive isotopes Ovinus (talk) 06:02, 4 June 2022 (UTC)


 * "Several neodymium isotopes have been used for the production of other promethium isotopes." Extremely vague; either specify which isotopes (of promethium, at least) or remove Ovinus (talk) 06:02, 4 June 2022 (UTC)


 * "didymos (διδύμος), twin.[8][26]..." Do we need six sources for an etymology? I'm assuming some of the sources are for previous sentences; I'd move them closer if possible Ovinus (talk) 06:02, 4 June 2022 (UTC)


 * "Because of its role ... for expanded production." Is this one source enough to include this sentence? (Do any other important sources make similar claims) Ovinus (talk) 06:02, 4 June 2022 (UTC)


 * I agree with the WP:TECHNICAL tag on Physical properties. Also, much of that section isn't even about physical properties—the lead sentence Neodymium is the fourth member of the lanthanide series. is not really a physical property. That stuff should go in Chemical properties. "Metallic neodymium has a bright, silvery metallic luster." should probably be first. See Caesium for a good example. What about other general properties, like conductivity, spectrum, density, melting point?


 * Solubility of neodymium salts in water is not discussed. Would be good to say that Nd+3 is generally soluble.


 * Strange language sprinkled throughout: "can access the midpoints of pressure and temperature regions"; "has been rapidly increasing owing to the growing population and industrial development" (growing human population? seems a bit obvious)


 * "due to the release of radioactive substances during the mining process" – Apparently a bit more description on the mining process is in order; why are there radioactive compounds being released?


 * Neodymium is a product of nuclear fission reactors (Nuclear fission product)


 * Listing of the various neodymium compounds needs to be done in prose form, grouping them by various qualities (color? solubility? etc). Otherwise it's a fairly useless collection


 * Questionable sources: ,


 * Why is "R. J. Callow, The Industrial Chemistry of the Lanthanons, Yttrium, Thorium, and Uranium, Pergamon Press, 1967." in further reading? Ovinus (talk) 17:00, 7 June 2022 (UTC)