The standard molar enthalpies of solution of Dy metal and monoclinic DyCl3(s) in 4.0 mol·dm − 3 HCl(aq), and of NdCl3(s) in 2.3 mol·dm − 3 and 4.0 mol·dm − 3 HCl(aq) have been measured. From these values, the standard molar enthalpies of formation have been derived: DfH°m(DyCl3, s, T = 298.15 K) = −(994.3 2 1.3) kJ·mol − 1 and DfH°m(NdCl3, s, T = 298.15 K) = −(1040.1 2 0.8) kJ·mol − 1 . The results are compared with previous values from the literature. 7