April 2020
Intermediate to advanced
296 pages
5h 20m
English

In truth Dy’s not all that scarce, yet oh ’twas hard to get,
When things get hot, this lanthanoid helps NIB stay strong—no sweat!
Helps Terfenol-D to shrink ’n’ grow,
dee-wise
TENTH IN THE LANTHANOID SERIES
Dysprosium contradicts its classification as a rare-earth metallic element because it is more than twice as abundant in nature as tin. (See “Scandium, Sc” on page 60 for information on the rare earths.) This classification was initially based on ...