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Ytterbium Lutetium Comparison

1 Periodic Table
1.1 Symbol
Yb
Lu
1.2 Group Number
NANA
Gadolinium Metal
0 17
1.6 Period Number
66
Lithium Metal
2 7
1.4 Block
f block
f block
2.2 Element Family
Lanthanide
Lanthanide
2.4 CAS Number
74406447439943
Aluminium Metal
7429905 54386242
2.6 Space Group Name
Fm_ 3m
P63/mmc
2.7 Space Group Number
225.00194.00
Plutonium Metal
11 229
3 Facts
3.1 Interesting Facts
  • Ytterbium metal oxidizes rapidly if exposed to air.
  • Ytterbium metal can dissolve quickly in Mineral acid.
  • Metal dust of Lutetium element is highly explosive.
  • Lutetium metal is corrosion resistance and acts stable in air.
3.2 Sources
Found in Minerals, Mining, Ores of Minerals
Found in Minerals, Mining, Ores of Minerals
3.3 History
3.3.1 Who Discovered
Jean Charles Galissard de Marignac
Georges Urbain and Carl Auer von Welsbach
3.3.3 Discovery
In 1878
In 1906
3.5 Abundance
3.5.1 Abundance In Universe
2 * 10-7 %1 * 10-8 %
Thallium Metal
5E-09 0.11
3.7.2 Abundance In Sun
~0.0000001 %~0.0000001 %
Beryllium Metal
1E-08 0.1
3.9.2 Abundance In Meteorites
0.00 %0.00 %
Gold Metal
1.7E-07 22
4.6.2 Abundance In Earth's Crust
0.00 %0.00 %
Radium Metal
9.9E-12 8.1
4.8.1 Abundance In Oceans
0.00 %0.00 %
Protactinium Metal
2E-23 1.1
4.9.4 Abundance In Humans
NANA
Radium Metal
1E-13 1.4
5 Uses
5.1 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.
  • Lutetium metal is used outside research. It has commercial uses like Industrial catalyst for cracking oil refineries of hydrocarbons .
5.1.1 Industrial Uses
Automobile Industry, Chemical Industry
NA
5.1.2 Medical Uses
NA
NA
5.1.4 Other Uses
Alloys
Alloys
5.2 Biological Properties
5.2.1 Toxicity
Highly Toxic
Low Toxic
5.2.2 Present in Human Body
5.2.4 In Blood
NANA
Plutonium Metal
0 1970
6.2.2 In Bone
NANA
Plutonium Metal
0 170000
8 Physical
8.1 Melting Point
824.00 °C1,652.00 °C
Francium Metal
27 3410
8.3 Boiling Point
1,196.00 °C3,402.00 °C
Flerovium Metal
147 5660
9.2 Appearance
9.2.1 Physical State
Solid
Solid
9.2.2 Color
Silvery White
Silvery White
9.2.3 Luster
Metallic
Metallic
9.3 Hardness
9.3.1 Mohs Hardness
NANA
Cesium Metal
0.2 8.5
9.4.4 Brinell Hardness
343.00 MPa893.00 MPa
Cesium Metal
0.14 3490
9.6.2 Vickers Hardness
206.00 MPa1,160.00 MPa
Palladium Metal
121 3430
9.7 Speed of Sound
1,590.00 m/sNA
Thallium Metal
818 16200
9.9 Optical Properties
9.9.1 Refractive Index
NANA
Mercury Metal
1.000933 1.7229
9.10.2 Reflectivity
NANA
Molybdenum Metal
58 97
9.12 Allotropes
9.12.2 α Allotropes
Not Available
Not Available
9.12.3 β Allotropes
Not Available
Not Available
9.12.4 γ Allotropes
Not Available
Not Available
10 Chemical
10.1 Chemical Formula
Yb
Lu
10.2 Isotopes
10.2.1 Known Isotopes
3035
Tennessine Metal
0 38
10.4 Electronegativity
10.4.1 Pauling Electronegativity
NA1.27
Francium Metal
0.7 2.54
10.4.8 Sanderson Electronegativity
NANA
Cesium Metal
0.22 2.56
11.2.7 Allred Rochow Electronegativity
1.061.14
Cesium Metal
0.86 1.82
11.3.4 Mulliken-Jaffe Electronegativity
NANA
Cesium Metal
0.62 2.48
11.3.10 Allen Electronegativity
NANA
Cesium Metal
0.659 2.7
11.4 Electropositivity
11.4.1 Pauling Electropositivity
NA2.73
Gold Metal
1.46 3.3
11.5 Ionization Energies
11.5.1 1st Energy Level
603.40 kJ/mol523.50 kJ/mol
Cesium Metal
375.7 26130
11.5.8 2nd Energy Level
1,174.80 kJ/mol1,340.00 kJ/mol
Ruthenium Metal
710.2162 28750
11.5.13 3rd Energy Level
2,417.00 kJ/mol2,022.30 kJ/mol
Osmium Metal
1600 34230
11.7.2 4th Energy Level
4,203.00 kJ/mol4,370.00 kJ/mol
Thorium Metal
2780 37066
11.7.9 5th Energy Level
NA6,445.00 kJ/mol
Dubnium Metal
4305.2 97510
11.8.4 6th Energy Level
NANA
Seaborgium Metal
5715.8 105800
11.9.1 7th Energy level
NANA
Bohrium Metal
7226.8 114300
12.1.2 8th Energy Level
NANA
Hassium Metal
8857.4 125300
12.2.4 9th Energy Level
NANA
Yttrium Metal
14110 134700
12.7.1 10th Energy Level
NANA
Strontium Metal
17100 144300
12.7.5 11th Energy Level
NANA
Yttrium Metal
19900 169988
13.2.4 12th Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum Metal
22219 189368
13.7.2 13th Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum Metal
26930 76015
13.7.6 14th Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum Metal
29196 86450
13.7.10 15th Energy Level
NANA
Manganese Metal
41987 97510
13.8.2 16th Energy Level
NANA
Iron Metal
47206 109480
13.10.1 17th Energy Level
NANA
Cobalt Metal
52737 122200
13.10.4 18th Energy Level
NANA
Nickel Metal
58570 134810
13.12.2 19th Energy Level
NANA
Copper Metal
64702 148700
13.14.1 20th Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum Metal
80400 171200
13.16.1 21st Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum Metal
87000 179100
14.1.3 22nd Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum Metal
93400 184900
14.1.4 23rd Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum Metal
98420 198800
14.3.2 24th Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum Metal
104400 195200
14.4.1 25th Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum Metal
121900 121900
14.5.2 26th Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum Metal
127700 127700
14.8.2 27th Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum Metal
133800 133800
15.1.2 28th Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum Metal
139800 139800
15.1.6 29th Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum Metal
148100 148100
15.1.10 30th Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum Metal
154500 154500
15.3 Electrochemical Equivalent
2.15 g/amp-hr2.18 g/amp-hr
Beryllium Metal
0.16812 8.3209
15.6 Electron Work Function
NA3.30 eV
Cesium Metal
2.14 5.65
15.8 Other Chemical Properties
Ionization, Radioactive Isotopes, Solubility
Anti Corrosion, Ionization, Radioactive Isotopes, Solubility
16 Atomic
16.1 Atomic Number
7071
Lithium Metal
3 117
16.3 Electron Configuration
[Xe] 4f14 6s2
[Xe] 6s2 4f14 5d1
16.4 Crystal Structure
Face Centered Cubic (FCC)
Hexagonal Close Packed (HCP)
16.4.1 Crystal Lattice
16.5 Atom
16.5.1 Number of Protons
7071
Lithium Metal
3 117
17.3.1 Number of Neutrons
103104
Lithium Metal
4 184
17.5.1 Number of Electrons
7071
Lithium Metal
3 117
19.2 Radius of an Atom
19.2.1 Atomic Radius
176.00 pm174.00 pm
Beryllium Metal
112 265
19.2.3 Covalent Radius
187.00 pm187.00 pm
Beryllium Metal
96 260
19.9.3 Van der Waals Radius
242.00 pm221.00 pm
Zinc Metal
139 348
20.2 Atomic Weight
173.05 amu174.97 amu
Lithium Metal
6.94 294
21.2 Atomic Volume
24.79 cm3/mol17.78 cm3/mol
Manganese Metal
1.39 71.07
21.4 Adjacent Atomic Numbers
21.4.1 Previous Element
21.4.2 Next Element
21.5 Valence Electron Potential
50.30 (-eV)50.90 (-eV)
Francium Metal
8 392.42
21.9 Lattice Constant
548.47 pm350.31 pm
Beryllium Metal
228.58 891.25
21.12 Lattice Angles
π/2, π/2, π/2
π/2, π/2, 2 π/3
21.13 Lattice C/A Ratio
NA1.59
Beryllium Metal
1.567 1.886
22 Mechanical
22.1 Density
22.1.1 Density At Room Temperature
6.90 g/cm39.84 g/cm3
Lithium Metal
0.534 40.7
22.3.2 Density When Liquid (at m.p.)
6.21 g/cm39.30 g/cm3
Lithium Metal
0.512 20
2.2 Tensile Strength
58.00 MPaNA
Indium Metal
2.5 11000
1.4 Viscosity
NANA
Mercury Metal
0.001526 0.001526
1.6 Vapor Pressure
1.6.1 Vapor Pressure at 1000 K
NA0.00 (Pa)
Cerium Metal
2.47E-11 121
1.1.1 Vapor Pressure at 2000 K
NA3.18 (Pa)
Tungsten Metal
2.62E-10 774
1.5 Elasticity properties
1.5.1 Shear Modulus
9.90 GPa27.20 GPa
Potassium Metal
1.3 222
2.3.1 Bulk Modulus
30.50 GPa47.60 GPa
Cesium Metal
1.6 462
3.1.2 Young's Modulus
23.90 GPa68.60 GPa
Cesium Metal
1.7 528
1.3 Poisson Ratio
0.210.26
Beryllium Metal
0.032 0.47
2.5 Other Mechanical Properties
Ductile, Malleable
NA
3 Magnetic
3.1 Magnetic Characteristics
3.1.1 Specific Gravity
6.979.84
Lithium Metal
0.53 4500
3.4.3 Magnetic Ordering
Paramagnetic
Paramagnetic
3.4.4 Permeability
NANA
Bismuth Metal
1.25643E-06 0.0063
3.9.2 Susceptibility
NANA
Bismuth Metal
-0.000166 200000
3.12 Electrical Properties
3.12.1 Electrical Property
Conductor
Conductor
3.12.2 Resistivity
0.25 nΩ·m582.00 nΩ·m
Thallium Metal
0.18 961
3.14.3 Electrical Conductivity
0.04 106/cm Ω0.02 106/cm Ω
Plutonium Metal
0.00666 0.63
4.2.5 Electron Affinity
50.00 kJ/mol50.00 kJ/mol
Mercury Metal
0 222.8
6 Thermal
6.1 Specific Heat
0.15 J/(kg K)0.15 J/(kg K)
Americium Metal
0.11 3.6
7.2 Molar Heat Capacity
26.74 J/mol·K26.86 J/mol·K
Beryllium Metal
16.443 62.7
8.4 Thermal Conductivity
38.50 W/m·K16.40 W/m·K
Neptunium Metal
6.3 429
9.3 Critical Temperature
26.30 KNA
Mercury
26.3 3223
10.6 Thermal Expansion
26.30 µm/(m·K)9.90 µm/(m·K)
Tungsten Metal
4.5 97
10.9 Enthalpy
10.9.1 Enthalpy of Vaporization
128.90 kJ/mol355.90 kJ/mol
Zinc Metal
7.32 799.1
1.3.4 Enthalpy of Fusion
7.66 kJ/mol18.70 kJ/mol
Cesium Metal
2.1 35.23
1.4.3 Enthalpy of Atomization
180.00 kJ/mol398.00 kJ/mol
Mercury Metal
61.5 837
2.5 Standard Molar Entropy
59.90 J/mol.K51.00 J/mol.K
Beryllium Metal
9.5 198.1