NEODYMIUM HYDROXIDE

Neodymium Hydroxide, mainly used for catalyst, glass, crystal and capacitors. Colours glass delicate shades ranging from pure violet through wine-red and warm gray. Light transmitted through such glass shows unusually sharp absorption bands. It is also used in CRT displays to enhance contrast between reds and greens. It is highly valued in glass manufacturing for its attractive purple coloring to glass.

bluish or pink precipitate; heating at 300°C–350°C converts compound to grayish?brown 2Nd2O3 ·H2O, further heating converts hydroxide to Nd2O3 ·H2O [MER06] [ALF95]