Dysprosium Metal

Dysprosium metal is a silver white soft metal with luster and ductility. It is easily corroded by air at high temperatures, but relatively stable at room temperature. Slowly working with water.

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Product Description

Brief Description of Dysprosium Metal

Material name	Dysprosium metal
Formula	Dy
CAS No.	7429-91-6
EINECS NO.	231-073-9
Molecular Weight	162.5
Density	8.56g/cm3
Melting point	1409°C
Bolting point	2562°C
Appearance	Silver white ingot or lump, or other customized size
Purity/Specification (Dy/REM)	99%-99.99%

Application

Dysprosium metal has a wide range of applications, mainly including the following aspects:

Magnetic material: Dysprosium metal is a key additive for manufacturing high-performance neodymium iron boron permanent magnets, which can significantly improve the coercivity of the magnet.

Lighting and display technology: Dysprosium metal also has important applications in the field of lighting, used to manufacture new lighting sources such as dysprosium lamps, widely used in lighting needs such as movies and printing.

Catalyst: Dysprosium compounds are used as catalysts in the refining industry, which can improve reaction efficiency and product quality.

Magneto optical storage materials: Dysprosium metal has high recording speed and reading sensitivity, and can be used to manufacture magneto-optical storage materials such as hard drives.

Magnetic refrigeration technology: The magnetic entropy effect of dysprosium occupies an important position in magnetic refrigeration technology, and is applied in low-temperature refrigeration, medical imaging equipment, and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) systems.

Specification

Purity		2N	2N5	3N	3N5	4N
RE%min.		99	99	99	99	99
Dy/RE%min.		99	99.5	99.9	99.95	99.99
Rare earth impurities %max.	Gd	subtota 1	subtota 0.5	subtotal 0.1	subtota 0.05	0.001
	Tb					0.003
	Ho					0.002
	Er					0.001
	Y					0.002
	Other					0.001
Non rare earth impurities %max.	Fe	0.02	0.01	0.05	0.02	0.01
	Si	0.05	0.03	0.02	0.01	0.01
	Ca	0.01	0.01	0.05	0.02	0.01
	Mg	0.05	0.05	0.03	0.01	0.01
	Al	0.05	0.04	0.03	0.02	0.01
	Ni	0.08	0.05	0.03	0.02	0.01
	O	0.03	0.25	0.25	0.05	0.04
	C	0.05	0.03	0.03	0.02	0.01
	Ta(Nd,Ti,Mo,W)	0.35	0.3	0.3	0.02	0.01