Element 67 · Solid at room temperature
Holmium
Looks like: silvery white.
Holmium is atom number 67 — every Holmium atom has exactly 67 protons in its center, and that number is what makes it Holmium and nothing else. Its symbol is Ho. At room temperature it is a solid.
Holmium is a chemical element with symbol Ho and atomic number 67. Part of the lanthanide series, holmium is a rare earth element. Holmium was discovered by Swedish chemist Per Theodor Cleve.
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Holmium sits in period 6, group 3 of the f-block. Its 67 electrons fill shells of 2, 8, 18, 29, 8, 2 — written as [Xe] 4f11 6s2. Its electronegativity is 1.23 on the Pauling scale, and pulling the first electron off takes 581 kJ/mol. The outermost shell holds 2 electrons — the ones that do all the chemistry.
Full configuration: 1s2 2s2 2p6 3s2 3p6 4s2 3d10 4p6 5s2 4d10 5p6 6s2 4f11
Ionization energies (kJ/mol): 581, 1140, 2204, 4100
Electron affinity: 32.61 kJ/mol · Electronegativity (Pauling):
1.23
Density: 8.79
g/cm³ · melts 1734 K · boils 2873 K
Values exactly as published — see where the data comes from.
Atomic mass
164.930332u
Density
8.79g/cm³
Melts
1734 K
Boils
2873 K
The units on this page — explained by Unitii
Holmium's family
Elements in the same series — near-identical chemistry, which is why they share a row.
Source
Discovered by Marc Delafontaine.
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