"Hard to get at", and now indispensable for magnets that must survive engine-bay heat.
- Atomic number
- 66
- Atomic mass
- 162.5 u
- Phase
- Solid
- Electron configuration
- [Xe] 4f¹⁰ 6s²
- Melting point
- 1,680 K · 1,406.9 °C
- Boiling point
- 2,840 K · 2,566.9 °C
- Density
- 8.54 g/cm³
- Electronegativity
- 1.22
- Period / Group
- 6 / —
- Discovery year
- 1886