Facts About Dysprosium and Hafnium
Interesting Facts
- Dysprosium acts stable in air at room temperature.
- Dysprosium behaves very much like paramagnetic metal.
- Hafnium metal is highly reactive, hence not found free in nature.
- Hafnium metal as predicated after Mendeleev finished his periodic table.
Sources
Found in Minerals, Mining, Ores of Minerals
By-product Zirconium Refining
Who Discovered
Lecoq de Boisbaudran
Dirk Coster and George de Hevesy
Discovery
In 1886
In 1922
Abundance In Earth's Crust