Dysprosium Dysprosium is a silvery metal of the lanthanide group. It is relatively stable in air, reacts violently with water and dissolves in acids. Applications for this element are limited, but it is used as an alloying element to produce an alloy used for magnets, and as a poison in nuclear reactors where it stops the reaction from getting out of hand.
- Symbol
- Dy
- Discovered
- P.E. Lecoq de Boisbaudran in 1886 in Paris, France.
- Abundance
- 6 ppm in the Earth’s crust.
Click on an item to paste into clipboard or use clipboard symbol at end to clipboard all values | Atomic number | 66 | | Clip | | Atomic / Molecular Weight | 162.5 | gmol-1 | Clip | | Density | 8531 | kgm-3 | Clip | | Lattice constant | 359 | fm | Clip | | Melting Point | 1683 | K | Clip | | Boiling Point | 2873 | K | Clip | | Specific heat capacity | 172 | Jkg-1K-1 | Clip | | Thermal conductivity | 10.5 | Wm-1K-1 | Clip |
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