Dysprosium

Dysprosium, ₆₆Dy
Dysprosium
Pronunciation	/dɪsˈproʊziəm/ (listenⓘ) (dis-PROH-zee-əm)
Appearance	silvery white
Standard atomic weight Ar°(Dy)
	162.500(1)
Dysprosium in the periodic table
	terbium ← dysprosium → holmium
Atomic number (Z)	66
Group	f-block groups (no number)
Period	period 6
Block	f-block
Electron configuration	[Xe] 4f10 6s2
Electrons per shell	2, 8, 18, 28, 8, 2
Physical properties
Phase at STP	solid
Melting point	1680 K (1407 °C, 2565 °F)
Boiling point	2840 K (2562 °C, 4653 °F)
Density (near r.t.)	8.540 g/cm3
when liquid (at m.p.)	8.37 g/cm3
Heat of fusion	11.06 kJ/mol
Heat of vaporization	280 kJ/mol
Molar heat capacity	27.7 J/(mol·K)
Atomic properties
Oxidation states	0, +1, +2, +3, +4 (a weakly basic oxide)
Electronegativity	Pauling scale: 1.22
Ionization energies	1st: 573.0 kJ/mol ; 2nd: 1130 kJ/mol ; 3rd: 2200 kJ/mol ; ;
Atomic radius	empirical: 178 pm
Covalent radius	192±7 pm
	Spectral lines of dysprosium
Other properties
Natural occurrence	primordial
Crystal structure	hexagonal close-packed (hcp)
Speed of sound thin rod	2710 m/s (at 20 °C)
Thermal expansion	α, poly: 9.9 µm/(m⋅K) (r.t.)
Thermal conductivity	10.7 W/(m⋅K)
Electrical resistivity	α, poly: 926 nΩ⋅m (r.t.)
Magnetic ordering	paramagnetic at 300 K
Molar magnetic susceptibility	+103500×10−6 cm3/mol (293.2 K)
Young's modulus	α form: 61.4 GPa
Shear modulus	α form: 24.7 GPa
Bulk modulus	α form: 40.5 GPa
Poisson ratio	α form: 0.247
Vickers hardness	410–550 MPa
Brinell hardness	500–1050 MPa
CAS Number	7429-91-6
History
Discovery	Lecoq de Boisbaudran (1886)
First isolation	Georges Urbain (1905)
Isotopes of dysprosium v; e;
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Dysprosium (pronounced /dɪsˈproʊziəm/) is a chemical element with the symbol Dy and atomic number 66. It has a very high melting temperature of 1,407°C. It can also absorb neutrons. This makes it very suitable for use with nuclear reactors and lasers.

Dysprosium is a rare earth element that has a metallic, bright silver luster.

Dysprosium was first identified in Paris in 1886 by French chemist Paul Émile Lecoq de Boisbaudran.

Compounds

Other websites

WebElements.com – Dysprosium Archived 2008-05-09 at the Wayback Machine
Los Alamos National Laboratory – Dysprosium Archived 2009-03-13 at the Wayback Machine

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↑ "Standard Atomic Weights: Dysprosium". CIAAW. 2001.
↑ Yttrium and all lanthanides except Ce and Pm have been observed in the oxidation state 0 in bis(1,3,5-tri-t-butylbenzene) complexes, see Cloke, F. Geoffrey N. (1993). "Zero Oxidation State Compounds of Scandium, Yttrium, and the Lanthanides". Chem. Soc. Rev. 22: 17–24. doi:10.1039/CS9932200017. and Arnold, Polly L.; Petrukhina, Marina A.; Bochenkov, Vladimir E.; Shabatina, Tatyana I.; Zagorskii, Vyacheslav V.; Cloke (2003-12-15). "Arene complexation of Sm, Eu, Tm and Yb atoms: a variable temperature spectroscopic investigation". Journal of Organometallic Chemistry. 688 (1–2): 49–55. doi:10.1016/j.jorganchem.2003.08.028.
↑ Weast, Robert (1984). CRC, Handbook of Chemistry and Physics. Boca Raton, Florida: Chemical Rubber Company Publishing. pp. E110. ISBN 0-8493-0464-4.
↑ Kondev, F. G.; Wang, M.; Huang, W. J.; Naimi, S.; Audi, G. (2021). "The NUBASE2020 evaluation of nuclear properties" (PDF). Chinese Physics C. 45 (3): 030001. doi:10.1088/1674-1137/abddae.

[1] "Standard Atomic Weights: Dysprosium". CIAAW. 2001.

[Cloke1993-2] Yttrium and all lanthanides except Ce and Pm have been observed in the oxidation state 0 in bis(1,3,5-tri-t-butylbenzene) complexes, see Cloke, F. Geoffrey N. (1993). "Zero Oxidation State Compounds of Scandium, Yttrium, and the Lanthanides". Chem. Soc. Rev. 22: 17–24. doi:10.1039/CS9932200017. and Arnold, Polly L.; Petrukhina, Marina A.; Bochenkov, Vladimir E.; Shabatina, Tatyana I.; Zagorskii, Vyacheslav V.; Cloke (2003-12-15). "Arene complexation of Sm, Eu, Tm and Yb atoms: a variable temperature spectroscopic investigation". Journal of Organometallic Chemistry. 688 (1–2): 49–55. doi:10.1016/j.jorganchem.2003.08.028.

[3] Weast, Robert (1984). CRC, Handbook of Chemistry and Physics. Boca Raton, Florida: Chemical Rubber Company Publishing. pp. E110. ISBN 0-8493-0464-4.

[NUBASE2020-4] Kondev, F. G.; Wang, M.; Huang, W. J.; Naimi, S.; Audi, G. (2021). "The NUBASE2020 evaluation of nuclear properties" (PDF). Chinese Physics C. 45 (3): 030001. doi:10.1088/1674-1137/abddae.

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