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Ytterbium
Ytterbium




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What is Ytterbium?

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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
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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
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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
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Vickers Hardness

206.00 MPa
Rank: 33 (Overall)
121 3430
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Speed of Sound

1,590.00 m/s
Rank: 48 (Overall)
818 16200
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Optical Properties

Refractive Index

Not Available
1.000933 1.7229
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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
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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
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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
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2nd Energy Level

1,174.80 kJ/mol
Rank: 64 (Overall)
710.2162 28750
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3rd Energy Level

2,417.00 kJ/mol
Rank: 49 (Overall)
1600 34230
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4th Energy Level

4,203.00 kJ/mol
Rank: 31 (Overall)
2780 37066
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5th Energy Level

Not Available
4305.2 97510
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6th Energy Level

Not Available
5715.8 105800
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7th Energy level

Not Available
7226.8 114300
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8th Energy Level

Not Available
8857.4 125300
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9th Energy Level

Not Available
14110 134700
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10th Energy Level

Not Available
17100 144300
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11th Energy Level

Not Available
19900 169988
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12th Energy Level

Not Available
22219 189368
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13th Energy Level

Not Available
26930 76015
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14th Energy Level

Not Available
29196 86450
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15th Energy Level

Not Available
41987 97510
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16th Energy Level

Not Available
47206 109480
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17th Energy Level

Not Available
52737 122200
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18th Energy Level

Not Available
58570 134810
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19th Energy Level

Not Available
64702 148700
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20th Energy Level

Not Available
80400 171200
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21st Energy Level

Not Available
87000 179100
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22nd Energy Level

Not Available
93400 184900
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23rd Energy Level

Not Available
98420 198800
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24th Energy Level

Not Available
104400 195200
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25th Energy Level

Not Available
121900 121900
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26th Energy Level

Not Available
127700 127700
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27th Energy Level

Not Available
133800 133800
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28th Energy Level

Not Available
139800 139800
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29th Energy Level

Not Available
148100 148100
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30th Energy Level

Not Available
154500 154500
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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
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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
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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
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Atomic Weight

173.05 amu
Rank: 41 (Overall)
6.94 294
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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
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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
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Bulk Modulus

30.50 GPa
Rank: 39 (Overall)
1.6 462
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Young's Modulus

23.90 GPa
Rank: 45 (Overall)
1.7 528
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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
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Magnetic Ordering

Paramagnetic

Permeability

Not Available
1.25643E-06 0.0063
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Susceptibility

Not Available
-0.000166 200000
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Electrical Properties

Electrical Property

Conductor

Resistivity

0.25 nΩ·m
Rank: 69 (Overall)
0.18 961
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Electrical Conductivity

0.04 106/cm Ω
Rank: 38 (Overall)
0.00666 0.63
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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
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Molar Heat Capacity

26.74 J/mol·K
Rank: 25 (Overall)
16.443 62.7
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Thermal Conductivity

38.50 W/m·K
Rank: 35 (Overall)
6.3 429
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Critical Temperature

26.30 K
Rank: 7 (Overall)
26.3 3223
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Thermal Expansion

26.30 µm/(m·K)
Rank: 14 (Overall)
4.5 97
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Enthalpy

Enthalpy of Vaporization

128.90 kJ/mol
Rank: 51 (Overall)
7.32 799.1
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Enthalpy of Fusion

7.66 kJ/mol
Rank: 42 (Overall)
2.1 35.23
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Enthalpy of Atomization

180.00 kJ/mol
Rank: 47 (Overall)
61.5 837
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Standard Molar Entropy

59.90 J/mol.K
Rank: 21 (Overall)
9.5 198.1
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