Chemical Elements History and Information Dysprosium

About the chemical element Dysprosium, its symbol, atomic number and weight, who discovered it and when.

The Atomic Elements and Their Uses

(Element) (Symbol) (Atomic number) (Atomic weight)

Dysprosium Dy 66 162.50

Discovered by Paul Lecoq de Boisbaudran of France in 1886 and purified by Georges Urbain of France in 1906.