It was discovered in 1878 by J.L Soret and Delafontaine.
In 1878, Marc Delafontaine and Jacques-Louis Soret discovered the characteristic spectroscopic absorption lines of a new element they called Element X. Later that year, Per Teodor Cleve independently discovered Holmium through chemical separation techniques from the mineral erbia earth. The three are credited with the discovery of Holmium.
Holmium's abreviation is Ho
Holmium is a rare earth metal.
Holmium symbol is 'Ho'. Atomic No. is 67 Atomic Mass is 164.93 (165) It is the 11th member of the Lanthanide period. (Period 6). It is named after the Latin name for 'Stockholm Sweden' , ( Holmia) because it was discivered by Swedish chemist 'PerTeodor Cleve', and independently by Swiss chemists ''Jaques-Louis Soret and Marc Delafontaine'.
Lithium is an element, however "Holmium" is not you may be mistaking Holmium for Helium though
Holmium was discovered in France by the Frenchman Jacques-Louis Soret in 1878. Holmium was discovered by Per Theodor Cleve, a Swedish chemist, in 1879. Cleve used the same method Carl Gustaf Mosander used to discover lanthanum, erbium and terbium, he looked for impurities in the oxides of other rare earth elements. He started with erbia, the oxide of erbium (Er2O3), and removed all of the known contaminants. After further processing, he obtained two new materials, one brown and the other green. Cleve named the brown material holmia and the green material thulia. Holmia is the oxide of the element holmium and thulia is the oxide of the element thulium. Holmium's absorption spectrum was observed later that year by J. L. Soret and M. Delafontaine, Swiss chemists. Today, holmium is primarily obtained through an ion exchange process from monazite sand ((Ce, La, Th, Nd, Y)PO4), a material rich in rare earth elements that can contain as much as 0.05% holmium.
The symbol for holmium on the periodic table is: Ho
Holmium's atomic mass is 164.93032.
Holmium is in the lanthanoid series.
Holmium (67 on the Periodic Table) is a shiny metallic silver colour.
Yes holmium has a low level of acute toxicity.
Holmium does not have a distinct taste or odor, as it is a rare earth element that is not commonly encountered in everyday life.