samarium

chemical element with symbol Sm and atomic number 62
Thing chemical_element Q1819
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samarium

Summary

samarium is a chemical element[1]. samarium draws 51 Wikipedia views per month (chemical_element category, ranking #75 of 144).[2]

Key Facts

  • samarium is credited with the discovery of Paul-Émile Lecoq de Boisbaudran[3].
  • samarium's instance of is recorded as chemical element[4].
  • samarskite-(Y) is named after samarium[5].
  • samarium is made of monazite-(Sm)[6].
  • samarium is made of florencite-(Sm)[7].
  • samarium is made of spent nuclear fuel[8].
  • samarium's location of discovery is recorded as Paris[9].
  • samarium's canonical SMILES is recorded as [Sm][10].
  • samarium's element symbol is recorded as Sm[11].
  • samarium's chemical formula is recorded as Sm[12].
  • samarium is a type of lanthanide[13].
  • samarium is a type of f-block[14].
  • samarium is part of lanthanide[15].
  • samarium is part of period 6[16].
  • samarium's Commons category is recorded as Samarium[17].
  • samarium's Unicode character is recorded as 釤[18].
  • samarium's crystal system is recorded as hexagonal crystal system[19].
  • samarium's time of discovery or invention is recorded as January 1, 1879[20].
  • samarium's point group is recorded as dihexagonal-dipyramidal[21].
  • samarium's space group is recorded as space group P6₃/mmc[22].
  • samarium's IPA transcription is recorded as səˈmɛəriəm[23].
  • samarium's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Samarium[24].
  • samarium's Commons gallery is recorded as Samarium[25].
  • samarium's atomic number is recorded as {'amount': '+62'}[26].
  • samarium's electronegativity is recorded as {'amount': '+1.17'}[27].

Body

Definition and Type

samarium's instance of is recorded as chemical element[4]. Recorded subclass of include lanthanide[13] and f-block[14].

Origins

samarskite-(Y) is named after samarium[5].

Use and Application

Part of include lanthanide[15] and period 6[16], a period[28].

Influence

Things named for samarium include monazite-(Sm)[29], a mineral species[30] and florencite-(Sm)[31], a mineral species[32].

Why It Matters

samarium draws 51 Wikipedia views per month (chemical_element category, ranking #75 of 144).[2] samarium has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[33] samarium is known by 56 alternative names across languages and contexts.[34]

Entities named for samarium include monazite-(Sm)[29], a mineral species[30] and florencite-(Sm)[31], a mineral species[32].

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . Nature's Building Blocks An A-Z Guide of the Elements New Edition. wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . Nature's Building Blocks An A-Z Guide of the Elements New Edition. wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . PubChem. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . Atomic weights of the elements 2009 (IUPAC Technical Report). wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . PubChem. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . cns11643.gov.tw. Retrieved . cns11643.gov.tw. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . Nature's Building Blocks An A-Z Guide of the Elements New Edition. wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . periodic table. wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [28] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [30] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [32] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [33] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [34] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 23h ago · R1F4T · 2026-10-03 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14936 → {'unit': 'Q192274', 'amount': '+185'}
    Wikipedia languages → ['af', 'am', 'anp', 'ar', 'ary', 'arz', 'ast', 'awa', 'az', 'ba', 'ban', 'be', '
    P14937 → {'unit': 'Q192274', 'amount': '+198'}
    Oxidation state → {'amount': '+0'}, {'amount': '+1'}, {'amount': '+2'} +1
    + 1 other property edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P14936]]: 185 picometre, Add sourced P14936 element radius"
  2. 14d ago · R1F4T · 2026-09-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Oxidation state → {'amount': '+0'}, {'amount': '+1'}, {'amount': '+2'} +1
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P1121]]: 0, add oxidation state from en:Template:Infobox element/symbol-to-oxidation-state"
  3. 15d ago · R1F4T · 2026-09-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Ipa transcription → səˈmɛəriəm
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P898]]: səˈmɛəriəm, add IPA transcription (from en:Template:Infobox element/symbol-to-pronunciation)"
  4. 15d ago · R1F4T · 2026-09-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Pronunciation audio → LL-Q1860 (eng)-Naomi Persephone Amethyst (NaomiAmethyst)-sam
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P443]]: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Naomi Persephone Amethyst (NaomiAmethyst)-samarium.wav, add English pronunciation audio (Lingua Libre, from en:Template:Infobox element/s"
  5. 15d ago · R1F4T · 2026-09-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Electron configuration → [Xe] 6s² 4f⁶
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P8000]]: [Xe] 6s² 4f⁶, add electron configuration from NIST ASD ground levels"
  6. 15d ago · R1F4T · 2026-09-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → lanthanide, f-block
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P279]]: [[Q214680]], add periodic table block (IUPAC 2021 convention)"
  7. 15d ago · R1F4T · 2026-09-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Has characteristic → paramagnetism
    Ionization energy → {'unit': 'Q83327', 'amount': '+5.643722'}
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P2260]]: 5.643722±0.000021 electronvolt, import ionization energy from NIST Atomic Spectra Database"
  8. 28d ago · Baum64 · 2026-09-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Point group → dihexagonal-dipyramidal
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P589]]: [[Q13362368]], [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/270882|batch #270882]]"
  9. 5w ago · Baum64 · 2026-08-29 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → lanthanide, f-block
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P279]]: [[Q19569]], [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/269656|batch #269656]]"
  10. 5w ago · Mahirtwofivesix · 2026-08-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Babelnet id → 00006893n
    Interlingual index id → i114000
    Arabic ontology lexical concept id → 151078529
    "/* wbeditentity-statements-multiple-properties-update:0||4 */ added/modified IDs mapped to WordNet 3.1"
  11. 6w ago · Baum64 · 2026-08-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Electrical conductivity → {'unit': 'Q80842107', 'amount': '+1060000.0'}
    Poisson's ratio → {'amount': '+0.231'}
    Melting point → {'unit': 'Q11579', 'amount': '+1346.0'}
    Bulk modulus → {'unit': 'Q44395', 'amount': '+36692000000.0'}
    + 8 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P9824]]: 9010999, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/269026|batch #269026]]"
  12. 12w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14541 → 2LkwpE
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/40849|batch #40849]]: ZGBK ID"
  13. 19w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Hrvatska enciklopedija id → samarij
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|3 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007553579605171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
  14. 20w ago · Ponor · 2026-05-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Local thumb → —
    Hrvatska enciklopedija id → samarij
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/31836|batch #31836]]: Hrvatska enciklopedija"
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