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Distillation purification of cerium-group rare-earth metals for fundamental research and design of new materials

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Distillation purification of praseodymium and neodymium is considered. The possibility of a marked increase in the purity of these metals is demonstrated. The efficiency of the distillation process for the purification of Pr was estimated thermodynamically. The pure rare-earth metals were used in synthesizing intermetallics, which are among strongly correlated electron systems characterized by unusual physical properties.

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Original Russian Text © N.B. Kol’chugina, 2011, published in Perspektivnye Materialy, 2011, No. 5, pp. 12–17.

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Kol’chugina, N.B. Distillation purification of cerium-group rare-earth metals for fundamental research and design of new materials. Inorg. Mater. Appl. Res. 3, 75–80 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1134/S2075113312020098

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