How do you name Nd2Fe14B?

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Truong-Son N. ยท mrpauller.weebly.com
Jun 28, 2016

Neodymium-Ferro-Boron

Explanation:

Read from left to right:

Nd2 ...................... Fe14 ........ B

Neodymium-Ferro-Boron, otherwise known as an NdFeB magnet, constructed as an alloy of primarily neodymium, iron, and boron.

It's a rare-earth magnet compound.

  • Nd is the chemical symbol for neodymium.
  • Fe can be called by its old prefix, "ferro", though saying "iron" is fair game.
  • B is still called boron.

This website states the name in full for these kinds of magnets.

These two websites give an alternative name: Neodymium-Iron-Boron.

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