holmium

chemical element with symbol Ho and atomic number 67
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holmium

Summary

holmium is a chemical element[1]. holmium draws 40 Wikipedia views per month (chemical_element category, ranking #86 of 144).[2]

Key Facts

  • holmium is credited with the discovery of Per Teodor Cleve[3].
  • holmium is credited with the discovery of Marc Delafontaine[4].
  • holmium is credited with the discovery of Jacques-Louis Soret[5].
  • holmium's instance of is recorded as chemical element[6].
  • Stockholm is named after holmium[7].
  • holmium is made of monazite sands[8].
  • holmium is made of gadolinite group[9].
  • holmium is made of monazite mineral group[10].
  • holmium's location of discovery is recorded as Geneva[11].
  • holmium's location of discovery is recorded as Uppsala[12].
  • holmium's canonical SMILES is recorded as [Ho][13].
  • holmium's element symbol is recorded as Ho[14].
  • holmium's chemical formula is recorded as Ho[15].
  • holmium is a type of lanthanide[16].
  • holmium is a type of f-block[17].
  • holmium is part of lanthanide[18].
  • holmium is part of period 6[19].
  • holmium is used for pole piece[20].
  • holmium is used for nuclear poison[21].
  • holmium's Commons category is recorded as Holmium[22].
  • holmium's Unicode character is recorded as 鈥[23].
  • holmium's crystal system is recorded as hexagonal crystal system[24].
  • holmium's time of discovery or invention is recorded as January 1, 1878[25].
  • holmium's point group is recorded as dihexagonal-dipyramidal[26].
  • holmium's space group is recorded as space group P6₃/mmc[27].

Body

Definition and Type

holmium's instance of is recorded as chemical element[6]. Recorded subclass of include lanthanide[16] and f-block[17].

Origins

Stockholm is named after holmium[7].

Use and Application

Recorded has use include pole piece[20] and nuclear poison[21]. Part of include lanthanide[18] and period 6[19], a period[28].

Why It Matters

holmium draws 40 Wikipedia views per month (chemical_element category, ranking #86 of 144).[2] holmium has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[29] holmium is known by 33 alternative names across languages and contexts.[30]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . Nature's Building Blocks An A-Z Guide of the Elements New Edition. rsc.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . rsc.org. rsc.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . Nature's Building Blocks An A-Z Guide of the Elements New Edition. wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . Nature's Building Blocks An A-Z Guide of the Elements New Edition. wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . Nature's Building Blocks An A-Z Guide of the Elements New Edition. wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . Nature's Building Blocks An A-Z Guide of the Elements New Edition. wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . PubChem. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . Atomic weights of the elements 2009 (IUPAC Technical Report). wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . PubChem. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . cns11643.gov.tw. Retrieved . cns11643.gov.tw. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . Nature's Building Blocks An A-Z Guide of the Elements New Edition. wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . 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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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 2d ago · R1F4T · 2026-10-03 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14936 → {'unit': 'Q192274', 'amount': '+175'}
    Wikipedia languages → ['af', 'am', 'anp', 'ar', 'ary', 'arz', 'ast', 'az', 'ban', 'be', 'be_x_old', 'b
    P14937 → {'unit': 'Q192274', 'amount': '+192'}
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P14936]]: 175 picometre, Add sourced P14936 element radius"
  2. 9d ago · KrBot bot · 2026-09-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Zvg number → 7670
    "/* wbsetclaimvalue:1| */ [[Property:P679]]: 7670, см. / see [[Template:Autofix|autofix]] на / on [[Property talk:P679]]"
  3. 12d ago · Mrwdat3 · 2026-09-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Oxidation state → {'amount': '+2'}, {'amount': '+3'}, {'amount': '+0'} +1
    Zvg number → 7670
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P679]]: 007670, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/275042|batch #275042]]"
  4. 16d ago · R1F4T · 2026-09-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Oxidation state → {'amount': '+2'}, {'amount': '+3'}, {'amount': '+0'} +1
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P1121]]: 0, add oxidation state from en:Template:Infobox element/symbol-to-oxidation-state"
  5. 16d ago · R1F4T · 2026-09-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Ipa transcription → ˈhoʊlmiəm
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P898]]: ˈhoʊlmiəm, add IPA transcription (from en:Template:Infobox element/symbol-to-pronunciation)"
  6. 16d ago · R1F4T · 2026-09-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Pronunciation audio → LL-Q1860 (eng)-Naomi Persephone Amethyst (NaomiAmethyst)-hol
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P443]]: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Naomi Persephone Amethyst (NaomiAmethyst)-holmium.wav, add English pronunciation audio (Lingua Libre, from en:Template:Infobox element/sy"
  7. 16d ago · R1F4T · 2026-09-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Electron configuration → [Xe] 6s² 4f¹¹
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P8000]]: [Xe] 6s² 4f¹¹, add electron configuration from NIST ASD ground levels"
  8. 17d ago · R1F4T · 2026-09-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → lanthanide, f-block
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P279]]: [[Q214680]], add periodic table block (IUPAC 2021 convention)"
  9. 17d ago · R1F4T · 2026-09-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Ionization energy → {'unit': 'Q83327', 'amount': '+6.0215'}
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P2260]]: 6.0215±0.0006 electronvolt, import ionization energy from NIST Atomic Spectra Database"
  10. 4w ago · Baum64 · 2026-09-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Has characteristic → paramagnetism
    Point group → dihexagonal-dipyramidal
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P589]]: [[Q13362368]], [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/270882|batch #270882]]"
  11. 5w ago · Baum64 · 2026-08-29 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → lanthanide, f-block
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P279]]: [[Q19569]], [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/269656|batch #269656]]"
  12. 5w ago · Mahirtwofivesix · 2026-08-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Arabic ontology lexical concept id → 151078474
    "/* wbeditentity-statements-multiple-properties-update:0||3 */ added/modified IDs mapped to WordNet 3.1"
  13. 7w ago · KrBot bot · 2026-08-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Electrical conductivity → {'unit': 'Q80842107', 'amount': '+1230000.0'}
    Poisson's ratio → {'amount': '+0.23'}
    Shear modulus → {'unit': 'Q44395', 'amount': '+28414000000.0'}
    Thermal conductivity → {'unit': 'Q1463969', 'amount': '+16.0'}
    + 1 other property edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetreference-set:2| */ [[Property:P5668]]: 43,126,000,000.0 pascal"
  14. 7w ago · Baum64 · 2026-08-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Bulk modulus → {'unit': 'Q44395', 'amount': '+43126000000.0'}
    Crystal system → hexagonal crystal system
    Space group → space group P6₃/mmc
    Density → {'unit': 'Q844211', 'amount': '+8731.91'}
    + 1 other property edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P9824]]: 9010994, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/269026|batch #269026]]"
  15. 12w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14541 → 3zDmTH
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/40849|batch #40849]]: ZGBK ID"
  16. 20w ago · Ponor · 2026-05-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Hrvatska enciklopedija id → holmij
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/31836|batch #31836]]: Hrvatska enciklopedija"
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