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- DYSPROSIUM
- Atomic symbol - Dy
- Atomic weight - 162.50
- Atomic number - 66
- Electron configuration - 2-8-18-28-8-2
- Oxidation states - +3
- State of matter - solid
- Heavy metal-brittle
- Discovered in 1886 by P.-ê. Lecoq de Boisbaudran
- Boils at 2335 ¯C, melts at 1409 ¯C
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- Notes:
- A hard and reactive metal, dysprosium has few uses. Its compounds can be used
- as catalysts in oil refining, and components in some electronics. Near
- absolute zero, dysprosium is superconducting.
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