Periodic Table
Symbol
Yb
Group Number
Not Available
0
17
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Period Number
6
Rank: 2 (Overall)
2
7
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Block
f block
Element Family
Lanthanide
CAS Number
7440644
Rank: 26 (Overall)
7429905
54386242
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Space Group Name
Fm_ 3m
Space Group Number
225.00
Rank: 2 (Overall)
11
229
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Facts
Interesting Facts
- Ytterbium metal oxidizes rapidly if exposed to air.
- Ytterbium metal can dissolve quickly in Mineral acid.
Sources
Found in Minerals, Mining, Ores of Minerals
History
Who Discovered
Jean Charles Galissard de Marignac
Discovery
In 1878
Abundance
Abundance In Universe
0.00 %
Rank: 22 (Overall)
5E-09
0.11
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Abundance In Sun
0.00 %
Rank: 26 (Overall)
1E-08
0.1
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Abundance In Meteorites
0.00 %
Rank: 36 (Overall)
1.7E-07
22
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Abundance In Earth's Crust
0.00 %
Rank: 33 (Overall)
9.9E-12
8.1
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Abundance In Oceans
0.00 %
Rank: 37 (Overall)
2E-23
1.1
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Abundance In Humans
Not Available
1E-13
1.4
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Uses
Uses & Benefits
- Ytterbium metal is used in memory devices and tuneable laser.
-
It is also used as industrial catalyst as the other catalysts are too toxic and polluting.
Industrial Uses
Automobile Industry, Chemical Industry
Medical Uses
NA
Other Uses
Alloys
Biological Properties
Toxicity
Highly Toxic
Present in Human Body
✔
✘
27% - Lanthanide Series Metals
In Blood
Not Available
0
1970
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In Bone
Not Available
0
170000
👆🏻
Physical
Melting Point
824.00 °C
Rank: 54 (Overall)
27
3410
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Boiling Point
1,196.00 °C
Rank: 63 (Overall)
147
5660
👆🏻
Appearance
Physical State
Solid
Color
Silvery White
Luster
Metallic
Hardness
Mohs Hardness
Not Available
0.2
8.5
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Brinell Hardness
343.00 MPa
Rank: 31 (Overall)
0.14
3490
👆🏻
Vickers Hardness
206.00 MPa
Rank: 33 (Overall)
121
3430
👆🏻
Speed of Sound
1,590.00 m/s
Rank: 48 (Overall)
818
16200
👆🏻
Optical Properties
Refractive Index
Not Available
1.000933
1.7229
👆🏻
Reflectivity
Not Available
58
97
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Allotropes
✔
✘
No - Lanthanide Series Metals has it !
α Allotropes
Not Available
β Allotropes
Not Available
γ Allotropes
Not Available
Chemical
Chemical Formula
Yb
Isotopes
Known Isotopes
30
Rank: 9 (Overall)
0
38
👆🏻
Electronegativity
Pauling Electronegativity
Not Available
0.7
2.54
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Sanderson Electronegativity
Not Available
0.22
2.56
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Allred Rochow Electronegativity
1.06
Rank: 33 (Overall)
0.86
1.82
👆🏻
Mulliken-Jaffe Electronegativity
Not Available
0.62
2.48
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Allen Electronegativity
Not Available
0.659
2.7
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Electropositivity
Pauling Electropositivity
Not Available
1.46
3.3
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Ionization Energies
1st Energy Level
603.40 kJ/mol
Rank: 51 (Overall)
375.7
26130
👆🏻
2nd Energy Level
1,174.80 kJ/mol
Rank: 64 (Overall)
710.2162
28750
👆🏻
3rd Energy Level
2,417.00 kJ/mol
Rank: 49 (Overall)
1600
34230
👆🏻
4th Energy Level
4,203.00 kJ/mol
Rank: 31 (Overall)
2780
37066
👆🏻
5th Energy Level
Not Available
4305.2
97510
👆🏻
6th Energy Level
Not Available
5715.8
105800
👆🏻
7th Energy level
Not Available
7226.8
114300
👆🏻
8th Energy Level
Not Available
8857.4
125300
👆🏻
9th Energy Level
Not Available
14110
134700
👆🏻
10th Energy Level
Not Available
17100
144300
👆🏻
11th Energy Level
Not Available
19900
169988
👆🏻
12th Energy Level
Not Available
22219
189368
👆🏻
13th Energy Level
Not Available
26930
76015
👆🏻
14th Energy Level
Not Available
29196
86450
👆🏻
15th Energy Level
Not Available
41987
97510
👆🏻
16th Energy Level
Not Available
47206
109480
👆🏻
17th Energy Level
Not Available
52737
122200
👆🏻
18th Energy Level
Not Available
58570
134810
👆🏻
19th Energy Level
Not Available
64702
148700
👆🏻
20th Energy Level
Not Available
80400
171200
👆🏻
21st Energy Level
Not Available
87000
179100
👆🏻
22nd Energy Level
Not Available
93400
184900
👆🏻
23rd Energy Level
Not Available
98420
198800
👆🏻
24th Energy Level
Not Available
104400
195200
👆🏻
25th Energy Level
Not Available
121900
121900
👆🏻
26th Energy Level
Not Available
127700
127700
👆🏻
27th Energy Level
Not Available
133800
133800
👆🏻
28th Energy Level
Not Available
139800
139800
👆🏻
29th Energy Level
Not Available
148100
148100
👆🏻
30th Energy Level
Not Available
154500
154500
👆🏻
Electrochemical Equivalent
2.15 g/amp-hr
Rank: 25 (Overall)
0.16812
8.3209
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Electron Work Function
Not Available
2.14
5.65
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Other Chemical Properties
Ionization, Radioactive Isotopes, Solubility
Atomic
Atomic Number
70
Rank: 46 (Overall)
3
117
👆🏻
Electron Configuration
[Xe] 4f14 6s2
Crystal Structure
Face Centered Cubic (FCC)
Crystal Lattice
Atom
Number of Protons
70
Rank: 45 (Overall)
3
117
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Number of Neutrons
103
Rank: 31 (Overall)
4
184
👆🏻
Number of Electrons
70
Rank: 45 (Overall)
3
117
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Radius of an Atom
Atomic Radius
176.00 pm
Rank: 18 (Overall)
112
265
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Covalent Radius
187.00 pm
Rank: 20 (Overall)
96
260
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Van der Waals Radius
242.00 pm
Rank: 12 (Overall)
139
348
👆🏻
Atomic Weight
173.05 amu
Rank: 41 (Overall)
6.94
294
👆🏻
Atomic Volume
24.79 cm3/mol
Rank: 9 (Overall)
1.39
71.07
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Adjacent Atomic Numbers
Previous Element
Next Element
Valence Electron Potential
50.30 (-eV)
Rank: 27 (Overall)
8
392.42
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Lattice Constant
548.47 pm
Rank: 11 (Overall)
228.58
891.25
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Lattice Angles
π/2, π/2, π/2
Lattice C/A Ratio
Not Available
1.567
1.886
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Mechanical
Density
Density At Room Temperature
6.90 g/cm3
Rank: 62 (Overall)
0.534
40.7
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Density When Liquid (at m.p.)
6.21 g/cm3
Rank: 41 (Overall)
0.512
20
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Tensile Strength
58.00 MPa
Rank: 18 (Overall)
2.5
11000
👆🏻
Viscosity
Not Available
0.001526
0.001526
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Vapor Pressure
Vapor Pressure at 1000 K
Not Available
2.47E-11
121
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Vapor Pressure at 2000 K
Not Available
2.62E-10
774
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Elasticity properties
Shear Modulus
9.90 GPa
Rank: 43 (Overall)
1.3
222
👆🏻
Bulk Modulus
30.50 GPa
Rank: 39 (Overall)
1.6
462
👆🏻
Young's Modulus
23.90 GPa
Rank: 45 (Overall)
1.7
528
👆🏻
Poisson Ratio
0.21
Rank: 33 (Overall)
0.032
0.47
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Other Mechanical Properties
Ductile, Malleable
Magnetic
Magnetic Characteristics
Specific Gravity
6.97
Rank: 48 (Overall)
0.53
4500
👆🏻
Magnetic Ordering
Paramagnetic
Permeability
Not Available
1.25643E-06
0.0063
👆🏻
Susceptibility
Not Available
-0.000166
200000
👆🏻
Electrical Properties
Electrical Property
Conductor
Resistivity
0.25 nΩ·m
Rank: 69 (Overall)
0.18
961
👆🏻
Electrical Conductivity
0.04 106/cm Ω
Rank: 38 (Overall)
0.00666
0.63
👆🏻
Electron Affinity
50.00 kJ/mol
Rank: 21 (Overall)
0
222.8
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Thermal
Specific Heat
0.15 J/(kg K)
Rank: 36 (Overall)
0.11
3.6
👆🏻
Molar Heat Capacity
26.74 J/mol·K
Rank: 25 (Overall)
16.443
62.7
👆🏻
Thermal Conductivity
38.50 W/m·K
Rank: 35 (Overall)
6.3
429
👆🏻
Critical Temperature
26.30 K
Rank: 7 (Overall)
26.3
3223
👆🏻
Thermal Expansion
26.30 µm/(m·K)
Rank: 14 (Overall)
4.5
97
👆🏻
Enthalpy
Enthalpy of Vaporization
128.90 kJ/mol
Rank: 51 (Overall)
7.32
799.1
👆🏻
Enthalpy of Fusion
7.66 kJ/mol
Rank: 42 (Overall)
2.1
35.23
👆🏻
Enthalpy of Atomization
180.00 kJ/mol
Rank: 47 (Overall)
61.5
837
👆🏻
Standard Molar Entropy
59.90 J/mol.K
Rank: 21 (Overall)
9.5
198.1
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