Ho - Holmium

A truely rare earth element, holmium is named for Stockholm. Discovered by Per Cleve in 1878 near there.

Atomic number - 67 Density g/mL 8 .8
Atomic weight u 164 .9304 Melting point K 1743
Bonding radius A 1 .58 Boiling point K 2968
Atomic radius A 2 .47 Heat of vaporization kJ/mol 241
Ionization Potential V 6 .018 Heat of fusion kJ/mol 12 .2
Electronegativity - 1 .23 Specific heat J/gK 0 .16
The oxide is a weak base.
Crystal are hexagonal.

Electron config. : [Xe] 4f11 6s2


Isotopes of Ho: Click mass number for decay process, product for element page.


144
0.7 sec
EC/ECp,11.800
Dy-144/Tb-143
143.95169
146
3.6 sec
EC/ECp,10.700
Dy-146/Tb-145
145.94396
147
5.8 sec
EC/ECp,8.100
Dy-147/Tb-146
146.93966
148
2.2 sec
EC/ECp,9.400
Dy-148/Tb-147
147.93719
149
21.1 sec
EC,6.014 MeV
Dy-149
148.93379
150
72 sec
EC,7.240 MeV
Dy-150
149.93335
151
35.2 sec
a/EC,5.124
Tb-147/Dy-151
150.93168
152
161.8 sec
a/EC,6.550
Tb-148/Dy-152
151.93174
153
2.02 min
a/EC,4.129
Tb-149/Dy-153
152.93019
154
11.76 min
a/EC,5.751
Tb-150/Dy-154
153.93059
155
48 min
EC,3.102 MeV
Dy-155
154.92907
156
56 min
EC,5.060 MeV
Dy-156
155.92971
157
12.6 min
EC,2.540 MeV
Dy-157
156.92819
158
11.3 min
EC,4.230 MeV
Dy-158
157.92894
159
33.05 min
EC,1.838 MeV
Dy-159
158.92770
160
25.6 min
EC,3.290 MeV
Dy-160
159.92872
161
2.48 hr
EC,1.956 MeV
Dy-161
160.92785
162
15.0 min
EC,2.140 MeV
Dy-162
161.92909
163
4570 yr
EC,1.785 MeV
Dy-163
162.92873
164
29 min
B-/EC,3.890
Er-164/Dy-164
163.93023
165 100%

Stable

164.93031
166
26.763 hr
B-,1.855 MeV
Er-166
165.93228
167
3.1 hr
B-,1.007 MeV
Er-167
166.93312
168
2.99 min
B-,2.910 MeV
Er-168
167.93550
169
4.7 min
B-,2.124 MeV
Er-169
168.93686
170
2.76 min
B-,3.870 MeV
Er-170
169.93961
171
53 sec
B-,3.200 MeV
Er-171
170.94149
172
25 sec
B-,1.479 MeV
Er-172
171.94448
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