Element Dossier
Dysprosium (Dy)
Dysprosium improves high-temperature magnet performance for defense, motors, wind turbines, and advanced systems.
Critical
Selected Element
Dysprosium
Symbol: Dy · Atomic Number: 66 · Lanthanide
Dy
Critical
Dysprosium improves high-temperature magnet performance for defense, motors, wind turbines, and advanced systems.
Overall
90/100
Confidence
Medium
Updated
2026-06
Element Scorecard
Modeled intelligence scores. Source-backed methodology.
90
Critical
Civilization Impact82/100
Supply-Chain Risk94/100
Strategic Value93/100
Substitution Difficulty91/100
Future Relevance88/100
Industry Exposure
Industries and applications connected to Dysprosium.
Industries
DefenseEnergyMobilityAdvanced Manufacturing
Key Uses
- High-temperature magnets
- Motors
- Wind systems
- Defense hardware
Supply Chain Flow: Dysprosium
Simplified intelligence flow for source, processing, refining, manufacturing, and end use.
Source
- China
- Myanmar
Processing
- China
Refining
- China
Manufacturing
- China
- Japan
- Europe
- United States
End Use
- Defense
- Motors
- Wind
- Advanced manufacturing
Substitution Analysis
High-temperature magnets
HighReduced-Dy magnet designs
Thermal and performance tradeoffs
Scoring Reasoning
High-temperature magnet role and supply concentration drive critical status.
Confidence: MediumLast updated: 2026-06
Sources
Public source base used for modeled intelligence scoring.