Day 50: Holmium

Clockwise from left: some ultrapure holmium (from Wikimedia Commons); Stockholm, which goes by the name Holmia in Latin (from Needpix); holmium as it appears in the periodic table. Ahh holmium, yet another silvery solid metal named after a place. But what if I said holmium can be used to make lasers? Before all that: holmiumContinue reading “Day 50: Holmium”

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