Holmium(III) oxide Ho2O3|
Compounds | Reactions | Production
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| Holmium Compounds |
| Holmium(III) oxide |
| Holmium(III) oxide Ho2O3 |
| A yellow solid, is a compound of holmium sometimes used in making specialty glasses. It was first isolated in 1878 from an impure sample of erbia by Per Teodor Cleve, who named it holmia after the Latin name for his home town, Stockholm. |
| Holmium(III) oxide (Ho2O3) and Dysprosium(III) oxide (Dy2O3) are the most powerfully paramagnetic substances known. |