Lanthanide · element 66
Dysprosium
'Hard to get.' It's literally in the name.
Only 0.8% of people are Dysprosium. (estimated)
If you're Dysprosium
You are difficult to reach and worth the effort. People who get through find someone who holds the strongest fields together.
Dysprosium means 'hard to get' in Greek, and it's what keeps wind-turbine magnets working when they heat up.
How to get along with Dysprosium
Do
- Make the effort; the name means 'hard to get' for a reason.
- Give them a field to hold together.
- Keep it warm and they'll still work.
Don't
- Don't give up at the first closed door.
- Don't expect them to come to you.
When it goes wrong: They stay hard to reach. That is the whole point, not a phase.
Atomic profile
Every element is placed on six personality dimensions derived from its chemistry. Your answers are placed on the same six, and the closest element wins. How the scoring works
- Reactivity
- 6
- Sociability
- 6
- Stability
- 9
- Energy
- 3
- Rarity
- 5
- Warmth
- 5
Dysprosium in literature
- Georgiana — Pride and Prejudice, Jane Austen (1813)
- Captain Smollett — Treasure Island, Robert Louis Stevenson (1883)
- Tatyana Larina — Eugene Onegin, Alexander Pushkin (1833)
Characters from public-domain works, chosen for the same traits. Company, not a verdict.
Closest personalities
The elements whose profiles sit nearest to Dysprosium's. If you got Dysprosium, one of these was probably your runner-up.
Other lanthanides
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