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Product name:Dysprosium Metal Product description:Dysprosium is a chemical element with the symbol Dy and atomic number *6. It is a rare earth element with a metallic silver luster. Dysprosium is never found in nature as a free element, though it is found in various minerals, such as xenotime. Naturally occurring dysprosium is composed of 7 isotopes, the most abundant of which is **4Dy. Dysprosium was first identified in ***6 by Paul ?mile Lecoq de Boisbaudran, but was not isolated in pure form until the development of ion exchange techniques in the ***0s. Dysprosium is used for its high thermal neutron absorption cross-section in making control rods in nuclear reactors, for its high magnetic susceptibility to magnetization in data storage devices and as a component of Terfenol-D. Soluble dysprosium salts are mildly toxic, while the insoluble salts are considered non-toxic.