Ho
Holmium
Z = 67 · Lanthanide · 164.9 u
Nuclear Engineering Significance
Moderate thermal absorber (σ_a = 64.7 b). Not commonly used in reactor core components. Occasionally encountered in rare earth analyses of fission products and in specialized neutron measurement applications.
Basic properties
- Atomic number (Z)
- 67
- Standard atomic mass
- 164.9 u
- Category
- Lanthanide
Isotopes & cross-section data
No nuclide data for this element in the reference database.
The NRDP database focuses on nuclides relevant to reactor physics. For full isotope data, see NNDC NuDat 3.