I've seen it in print and online both ways. Various periodic tables have it spelled both ways also. Which is correct?
It's ALWAYS neodymium AFAIK. Exception: aluminium http://pearl1.lanl.gov/periodic/elements/60.html http://environmentalchemistry.com/yogi/periodic/Nd.html
Neodynium As a member of the fourteen member lanthanide series, this element has few properties which distinguish it from the other members of the series. All of them along with lanthanum, yttrium, and scandium occur in very small quantities in nature. The usual source is the mineral monazite, or monazite sand, which is a mixture of phosphates containing also some thorium phosphate. Neodynium has found recent use in the manufacture of rare earth magnets which produce very high magnetic field strengths with small masses. http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/pertab/nd.html
Dan. Did you get in an argument with Bob? Bob can't spell. Trust me on this one. I've been there remember.
There you have it, again both versions... Call it what you want, we will know what you mean... and this would only look like a minor mistake compared to the spelling of some people...
What he said. Neodynium is not in any of the three dictionaries I checked, so it does not even seem to be any sort of alternate spelling.
Well we showed a 112, a 212 and a 115 at the NAMM show. I don't have an official shipping date yet, but we're just finalizing a few cosmetic issues then it'll be ready for production.
Neodymium! It's the way of the future! 2x10's that weighs 20kg instead of 35Kg and still sound good - how can you argue with that? Good move GK.
My money's on neodymium. I'm still hoping that someday we'll all agree on the proper pronunciation of "piezo."
Searches........ Found it:- http://www.talkbass.com/forum/showthread.php?t=92433&highlight=pronounciation
From a marketing standpoint, I think you want to go with the "neodynium" spelling since that is the industry standard spelling (for your industry anyway). Otherwise the lesser-educated folk will think that you can't spell, and your customer support line will be filled with inquiries as to whether "neodymium" is the same as "neodynium". Edit - Late night dyslexia. Definitely the "m" is proper, but the "n" is a surprisingly common mistake as judged by a Yahoo search.
The P.Audio website uses NeoduMium. http://www.paudio-europe.com/products/db_2_12.htm So does the B&C website. http://www.bcspeakers.com/compproducts/HPL/HPL.htm Eminence too. http://editweb.iglou.com/eminence/eminence/pages/products02/neo/neomain.htm And Fane. http://www.fane-acoustics.com/public_html/pages/products2/nlite1.htm M it is!
It's not the industry standard spelling. I can't find any evidence that it's standard spelling anywhere at all. AFAICT, it's just a mistake--a common one, but a mistake. Dictionaries have -m-, not -n-. And if you Google on both terms, you'll find that -m- outnumbers -n- by something like 50 to 1. On MEDLINE it's more than 80 to 1. To me it's clearly a mistake resulting from false analogy to words like plutonium and titanium.