Editing Neodymium (section)

===Other===
Other applications of neodymium include:
* Neodymium has an unusually large [[specific heat capacity]] at liquid-helium temperatures, so is useful in [[cryocoolers]].<ref>{{Citation |last1=Osborne |first1=M. G. |title=Centrifugal Atomization of Neodymium and Er3Ni Regenerator Particulate |date=1994 |url=https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-9053-5_80 |work=Advances in Cryogenic Engineering Materials: Volume 40, Part A |pages=631–638 |editor-last=Reed |editor-first=Richard P. |access-date=2023-06-07 |series=An International Cryogenic Materials Conference Publication |place=Boston, MA |publisher=Springer US |language=en |doi=10.1007/978-1-4757-9053-5_80 |isbn=978-1-4757-9053-5 |last2=Anderson |first2=I. E. |last3=Gschneidner |first3=K. A. |last4=Gailloux |first4=M. J. |last5=Ellis |first5=T. W. |editor2-last=Fickett |editor2-first=Fred R. |editor3-last=Summers |editor3-first=Leonard T. |editor4-last=Stieg |editor4-first=M.}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Neodymium: Properties and Applications |url=https://www.stanfordmaterials.com/blog/neodymium-properties-and-applications.html |access-date=2025-05-13 |website=www.stanfordmaterials.com |language=en}}</ref>
* [[Neodymium acetate]] can be used as a standard contrasting agent in [[Electron microscope|electron microscopy]] (a substitute for the radioactive and toxic [[uranyl acetate]]).<ref name="uranyl acetate">{{Cite journal |last1=Kuipers |first1=Jeroen |last2=Giepmans |first2=Ben N. G. |date=2020-04-01 |title=Neodymium as an alternative contrast for uranium in electron microscopy |url=https://doi.org/10.1007/s00418-020-01846-0 |journal=Histochemistry and Cell Biology |language=en |volume=153 |issue=4 |pages=271–277 |doi=10.1007/s00418-020-01846-0 |issn=1432-119X |pmc=7160090 |pmid=32008069}}</ref>
* Probably because of similarities to Ca<sup>2+</sup>, Nd<sup>3+</sup> has been reported<ref>{{cite journal|author=Wei, Y. and Zhou, X.|title=The Effect of Neodymium (Nd<sup>3+</sup>) on Some Physiological Activities in Oilseed Rape during Calcium (Ca<sup>2+</sup>) Starvation|url=http://www.regional.org.au/au/gcirc/2/399.htm |journal=10th International Rapeseed Congress|volume=2|page=399|year=1999}}</ref> to promote plant growth. Rare-earth element compounds are frequently used in China as [[fertilizer]].<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Tommasi |first1=Franca |last2=Thomas |first2=Philippe J. |last3=Pagano |first3=Giovanni |last4=Perono |first4=Genevieve A. |last5=Oral |first5=Rahime |last6=Lyons |first6=Daniel M. |last7=Toscanesi |first7=Maria |last8=Trifuoggi |first8=Marco |date=2021-11-01 |title=Review of Rare Earth Elements as Fertilizers and Feed Additives: A Knowledge Gap Analysis |url=https://doi.org/10.1007/s00244-020-00773-4 |journal=Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology |language=en |volume=81 |issue=4 |pages=531–540 |doi=10.1007/s00244-020-00773-4 |issn=1432-0703 |pmc=8558174 |pmid=33141264|bibcode=2021ArECT..81..531T }}</ref>
* [[Samarium–neodymium dating]] is useful for determining the age relationships of rocks<ref>{{cite news| url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7639024.stm|title =Team finds Earth's 'oldest rocks'|work =BBC News|access-date = 2009-06-06|date=2008-09-26|location=London}}</ref> and meteorites.<ref>{{Citation |last=Carlson |first=Richard W. |title=Sm–Nd Dating |date=2013 |url=https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-6326-5_84-1 |encyclopedia=Encyclopedia of Scientific Dating Methods |pages=1–20 |editor-last=Rink |editor-first=W. Jack |access-date=2023-06-07 |place=Dordrecht |publisher=Springer Netherlands |language=en |doi=10.1007/978-94-007-6326-5_84-1 |isbn=978-94-007-6326-5 |editor2-last=Thompson |editor2-first=Jeroen}}</ref>
*Neodymium isotopes recorded in marine sediments are used to reconstruct changes in past ocean circulation.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Tachikawa|first=K.|date=2003|title=Neodymium budget in the modern ocean and paleo-oceanographic implications|journal=Journal of Geophysical Research|volume=108|issue=C8|pages=3254|doi=10.1029/1999JC000285|bibcode=2003JGRC..108.3254T|doi-access=free}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last1=van de Flierdt|first1=Tina|last2=Griffiths|first2=Alexander M.|last3=Lambelet|first3=Myriam|last4=Little|first4=Susan H.|last5=Stichel|first5=Torben|last6=Wilson|first6=David J.|date=2016-11-28|title=Neodymium in the oceans: a global database, a regional comparison and implications for palaeoceanographic research|journal=Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences|volume=374|issue=2081|pages=20150293|doi=10.1098/rsta.2015.0293|pmid=29035258|pmc=5069528|bibcode=2016RSPTA.37450293V}}</ref>