I should have checked but it didn't seem all that important, so it IS
an element but hard to get. Well, just bothers me that he's been
around so long and can't show or descirbe for others to test even a
simple tabletop type proof. Must be at least a small fire somewhere
in all that smoke.
---Gerald O'Docharty wrote:
>
> Jerry W. Decker wrote:
> > I was always puzzled by Searls claim that they had neodymium
available
> > back then to experiment with...first of all, its not an element as
far
> > as I know, second, I don't think neodymium was remotely available
back
> > in the 50's or 60's for any kind of experimentation.
>
> Yes Neodymium is an element, one of the Lanthanides. And yes it has
long
> been available for not only experimental work but also industrial
work.
> It was once used commonly in glass making of specialty colored
glasses.
> It is now harder to obtain than before. I think because it is
considered
> to be a strategic element and is therefore being hoarded by
governments.
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