Praseodymium

Pr
59
140.91
1s22s22p63s23p63d104s24p64d104f3
5s25p66s2
Biological significance

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Excess in the body

➤ Excessive amounts of Prazedyma in the body lead to thyroid disorders, sterility, and dermatological diseases.

Deficiency in the body

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Drugs/dose

➤ "Dimol" - salicylic acid didymol - has antiseptic properties.

Conventional medicine

➤ It has a positive effect in the treatment of carcinomas.

➤ In the form of radiopharmaceuticals, they are used in the field of radiation surgery for therapeutic measures for arteriovenous malformations and destruction of compacted structures due to rheumatoid arthritis.

Unconventional medicine

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Toxic effect/antidote

➤ Symptoms include cephalalgia, hypertension, and gastrointestinal distress.


➤ There is no antidote.

Interesting facts

➤ Praseodymium is covered with a black oxide filmPr6O11 with a molar mass of 1021.5.

➤ Didymic glass (a mixture of neodymium and praseodymium) is good at retaining ultraviolet rays (sunglasses).

➤ Nuclear reactors produce 141Pr, one of the "reactor poisons".

Chemist Karl Welsbach
about how he discovered Praozedim

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