67 · Ho
Holmium
Observed by Soret in 1878, separated and named by Cleve in 1879.
Identity
- Atomic number
- 67
- Symbol
- Ho
- Canonical name
- Holmium
- Category
- lanthanide
- Group
- unassigned
- Period
- 6
- Block
- f
Series set apart from the main table. Whether group 3 is lanthanum or lutetium (actinium or lawrencium) is still discussed, so the group is left empty.
Properties
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- Atomic mass
- 164.930332 u
- Electron configuration
- [Xe] 4f11 6s2
- Electrons per shell
- 2, 8, 18, 29, 8, 2
- Standard state
- solid
- Density
- 8.79 g/cm³
- Melting point
- 1,734 K
- Boiling point
- 2,873 K
- Electronegativity
- 1.23 Pauling
- First ionization energy
- 581 kJ/mol
- Electron affinity
- 32.61 kJ/mol
Notable isotopes
This summary is not an inventory of every isotope.
- Ho-165 · 100 % · stable
History
A spectral band
Observation · jointly credited · 1878
Soret observes a band he calls element X in erbium earths.
Holmium named
Identification · jointly credited · 1879
Cleve separates holmium and names it for Stockholm.
Etymology
- Theme
- place
- Language
- latin
- Root
- Holmia
- Meaning
- Stockholm, Holmia
Scientists
Places and institutions
- Uppsala — historical setting : Sweden — present country : Sweden
See also
Sources
- IUPAC, Periodic Table of the Elements
- Bowserinator, Periodic Table JSON. Compilation secondaire d’où viennent les grandeurs physiques importées (masse, densité, températures, énergies). Elles ne sont pas revérifiées une à une auprès du NIST ou de la CIAAW.
- John Emsley, Nature’s Building Blocks: An A–Z Guide to the Elements