dysprosium

chemical element with symbol Dy and atomic number 66
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dysprosium

Summary

dysprosium is a chemical element[1]. dysprosium draws 327 Wikipedia views per month (chemical_element category, ranking #93 of 144).[2]

Key Facts

  • dysprosium is credited with the discovery of Paul-Émile Lecoq de Boisbaudran[3].
  • dysprosium's instance of is recorded as chemical element[4].
  • inaccessibility is named after dysprosium[5].
  • dysprosium is made of xenotime mineral group[6].
  • dysprosium is made of fergusonite-(REE) series[7].
  • dysprosium is made of gadolinite group[8].
  • dysprosium is made of euxenite mineral group[9].
  • dysprosium is made of polycrase-(Y)[10].
  • dysprosium is made of aeschynite mineral group[11].
  • dysprosium is made of monazite mineral group[12].
  • dysprosium is made of bastnäsite mineral group[13].
  • dysprosium's location of discovery is recorded as Paris[14].
  • dysprosium's canonical SMILES is recorded as [Dy][15].
  • dysprosium's element symbol is recorded as Dy[16].
  • dysprosium's chemical formula is recorded as Dy[17].
  • dysprosium is a type of lanthanide[18].
  • dysprosium is a type of heavy metal[19].
  • dysprosium is a type of f-block[20].
  • dysprosium is part of lanthanide[21].
  • dysprosium is part of period 6[22].
  • dysprosium's Commons category is recorded as Dysprosium[23].
  • dysprosium's Unicode character is recorded as 鏑[24].
  • dysprosium's crystal system is recorded as hexagonal crystal system[25].
  • dysprosium's time of discovery or invention is recorded as January 1, 1886[26].
  • dysprosium's point group is recorded as dihexagonal-dipyramidal[27].

Body

Definition and Type

dysprosium's instance of is recorded as chemical element[4]. Recorded subclass of include lanthanide[18], heavy metal[19], and f-block[20].

Origins

inaccessibility is named after dysprosium[5].

Use and Application

Part of include lanthanide[21] and period 6[22], a period[28].

Why It Matters

dysprosium draws 327 Wikipedia views per month (chemical_element category, ranking #93 of 144).[2] dysprosium has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[29] dysprosium is known by 57 alternative names across languages and contexts.[30]

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

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [28] ↑ . 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. [29] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [30] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 1d ago · R1F4T · 2026-10-03 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14936 → {'unit': 'Q192274', 'amount': '+175'}
    Sitelink count → 134
    Wikipedia languages → ['af', 'am', 'anp', 'ar', 'ary', 'arz', 'ast', 'az', 'ba', 'ban', 'be', 'be_x_ol
    P14937 → {'unit': 'Q192274', 'amount': '+192'}
    + 1 other property edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P14936]]: 175 picometre, Add sourced P14936 element radius"
  2. 8d ago · KrBot bot · 2026-09-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Zvg number → 7660
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  3. 11d ago · Mrwdat3 · 2026-09-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Zvg number → 7660
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P679]]: 007660, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/275042|batch #275042]]"
  4. 15d ago · R1F4T · 2026-09-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Oxidation state → {'amount': '+2'}, {'amount': '+3'}, {'amount': '+4'} +2
    Mass → {'unit': 'Q483261', 'amount': '+162.500'}
    "/* wbsetclaimvalue:1| */ [[Property:P2067]]: 162.5±0.001 dalton, correct the standard atomic weight to the current CIAAW value"
  5. 15d ago · R1F4T · 2026-09-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Oxidation state → {'amount': '+2'}, {'amount': '+3'}, {'amount': '+4'} +2
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P1121]]: 0, add oxidation state from en:Template:Infobox element/symbol-to-oxidation-state"
  6. 15d ago · R1F4T · 2026-09-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Ipa transcription → dɪˈsproʊziəm
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P898]]: dɪˈsproʊziəm, add IPA transcription (from en:Template:Infobox element/symbol-to-pronunciation)"
  7. 15d ago · R1F4T · 2026-09-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Pronunciation audio → LL-Q1860 (eng)-Naomi Persephone Amethyst (NaomiAmethyst)-dys
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P443]]: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Naomi Persephone Amethyst (NaomiAmethyst)-dysprosium.wav, add English pronunciation audio (Lingua Libre, from en:Template:Infobox element"
  8. 15d ago · R1F4T · 2026-09-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Electron configuration → [Xe] 6s² 4f¹⁰
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P8000]]: [Xe] 6s² 4f¹⁰, add electron configuration from NIST ASD ground levels"
  9. 16d ago · R1F4T · 2026-09-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → lanthanide, heavy metal, f-block
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P279]]: [[Q214680]], add periodic table block (IUPAC 2021 convention)"
  10. 16d ago · R1F4T · 2026-09-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Ionization energy → {'unit': 'Q83327', 'amount': '+5.939061'}
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P2260]]: 5.939061±0.000006 electronvolt, import ionization energy from NIST Atomic Spectra Database"
  11. 29d ago · Baum64 · 2026-09-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Has characteristic → paramagnetism
    Point group → dihexagonal-dipyramidal
    Subclass of → lanthanide, heavy metal, f-block
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P589]]: [[Q13362368]], [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/270882|batch #270882]]"
  12. 5w ago · Baum64 · 2026-08-29 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → lanthanide, heavy metal, f-block
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P279]]: [[Q19569]], [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/269656|batch #269656]]"
  13. 5w ago · Mahirtwofivesix · 2026-08-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Babelnet id → 00006897n
    Interlingual index id → i113928
    Arabic ontology lexical concept id → 151078457
    "/* wbeditentity-statements-multiple-properties-update:0||4 */ added/modified IDs mapped to WordNet 3.1"
  14. 6w ago · KrBot bot · 2026-08-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Electrical conductivity → {'unit': 'Q80842107', 'amount': '+1080000.0'}
    Poisson's ratio → {'amount': '+0.23'}
    Melting point → {'unit': 'Q11579', 'amount': '+1683.0'}
    Bulk modulus → {'unit': 'Q44395', 'amount': '+40246000000.0'}
    + 6 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetreference-set:2| */ [[Property:P5668]]: 40,246,000,000.0 pascal"
  15. 7w ago · Baum64 · 2026-08-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Space group → space group P6₃/mmc
    Cod id → 9010993
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  16. 8w ago · ~2026-43445-82 · 2026-08-06 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Named after → inaccessibility
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1 */ [[Property:P138]]: [[Q73019188]]"
  17. 12w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14541 → nptT5
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  18. 20w ago · Ponor · 2026-05-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Hrvatska enciklopedija id → disprozij
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/31836|batch #31836]]: Hrvatska enciklopedija"
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