62 Sm 150.4 Samarium Samarium Number:62 Atomic mass:150.36 Period:7 The properties of Samarium Samarium is a metallic silvery white. Samarium’s boiling point is 1791 F. Samarium’s melting point is 1077 F. Its solid from is 19 lbs. Samarium is found about 400 ft from the surface. Trivia Time: Who discovered samarium? And when was it discovered? In 1879 Boisbaudran discovered samarium. 0 0 The uses of Samarium Samarium is used in magnets, alloys with cobalt, and nuclear reactions. Carbon-arc lighting for the motion picture industry. Samarium and carbon used with a permanent magnet material has one of the highest resistances to become free from another magnet known to mankind. Samarium is used to dope crystals for use in optical lasers. Samarium is also used in headphones. Very explosive1 Its Nature! Standard state: solid at 298 K It is a slivery White. Its name is From the Where it God Comes Samamarskite. From! Who is From the Greeks. Hmmm cool! 7 O 7 E 7 P 88.36 N Samarium has many Facts! Samarium Can be Found in The earth Number 62 Basic information It is also Things it is used Used in For! Crystals. It is used in headphones. Atomic mass:150.36 Source’s Periodic Table http://chemistry.about.com/library/blper5.htm Chemical Elements http://www.chemicalelements.com/index.html All Info - Periodic Table http://chemistry.allinfoabout.com/periodic/periodictable.html Web Elements http://www.webelements.com/webelements/scholar/elemen ts/periodic-table/uses.html Chemcool Elements http://www.chemicool.com/ Flash Version - Visual http://www.chemsoc.org/viselements/pages/pertable_fla.ht m