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Ceramic vs Neodymium - What's the difference?

ceramic | neodymium |

As nouns the difference between ceramic and neodymium

is that ceramic is (uncountable) a hard brittle material that is produced through burning of nonmetallic minerals at high temperatures while neodymium is a metallic chemical element (symbol nd) with an atomic number of 60.

As an adjective ceramic

is made of material produced by the high temperature firing of inorganic, nonmetallic rocks and minerals.

ceramic

Adjective

(-)
  • made of material produced by the high temperature firing of inorganic, nonmetallic rocks and minerals.
  • A ceramic vase stood on the table.

    Derived terms

    * vitroceramic

    Noun

  • (uncountable) A hard brittle material that is produced through burning of nonmetallic minerals at high temperatures
  • Joan made the dish of ceramic .
  • (countable) An object made of this material
  • Joe had dozens of ceramics in his apartment.

    See also

    * kaolin, kaoline

    References

    * Krueger, Dennis (December 1982). "Why On Earth Do They Call It Throwing?" Studio Potter Vol. 11, Number 1.[http://www.studiopotter.org/articles/?art=art0001]

    Anagrams

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    neodymium

    Noun

    (-)
  • A metallic chemical element (symbol Nd) with an atomic number of 60.
  • * 2004 , (Richard Fortey), The Earth , Folio Society 2011, p. 63:
  • Other rare elements, like neodymium , exist in more than one isotopic form, the ratios of which can provide a measure of the depth from which the flow material may ultimately have been derived.

    Derived terms

    * neodymium magnet * neodymium trichloride

    See also

    * bastnasite * monazite ----