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Ytterbium vs Rubidium

1 Periodic Table
1.1 Symbol
Yb
Rb
1.2 Group Number
NA1
Gadolinium
0 17
1.6 Period Number
65
Lithium
2 7
1.11 Block
f block
s block
1.12 Element Family
Lanthanide
Alkali
1.13 CAS Number
74406447440177
Aluminium
7429905 54386242
1.18 Space Group Name
Fm_ 3m
Im_ 3m
1.19 Space Group Number
225.00229.00
Plutonium
11 229
4 Facts
4.1 Interesting Facts
  • Ytterbium metal oxidizes rapidly if exposed to air.
  • Ytterbium metal can dissolve quickly in Mineral acid.
  • Rubidium metal is 16th most common element found in the earth crust.
  • Rubidium metal also found in minerals as well as seawater.
4.2 Sources
Found in Minerals, Mining, Ores of Minerals
Obtained from Lithium Production.
4.3 History
4.3.1 Who Discovered
Jean Charles Galissard de Marignac
Robert Bunsen and Gustav Kirchhoff
4.3.2 Discovery
In 1878
In 1861
4.4 Abundance
4.4.1 Abundance In Universe
2 * 10-7 %1 * 10-6 %
Thallium
5E-09 0.11
4.4.3 Abundance In Sun
~0.0000001 %~0.000003 %
Beryllium
1E-08 0.1
4.4.6 Abundance In Meteorites
0.00 %0.00 %
Gold
1.7E-07 22
4.5.2 Abundance In Earth's Crust
0.00 %0.01 %
Radium
9.9E-12 8.1
4.7.2 Abundance In Oceans
0.00 %0.00 %
Protactinium
2E-23 1.1
5.2.5 Abundance In Humans
NA0.00 %
Radium
1E-13 1.4
6 Uses
6.1 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.
  • Rubidium's main application is in the glass manufacturing.
  • Rubidium can very easily get ionized and hence it is used for ion engines, but it is still less efficient than that of Caesium.
6.1.1 Industrial Uses
Automobile Industry, Chemical Industry
NA
6.1.2 Medical Uses
NA
NA
6.1.3 Other Uses
Alloys
Alloys, Research Purposes
6.2 Biological Properties
6.2.1 Toxicity
Highly Toxic
Non Toxic
6.2.2 Present in Human Body
6.2.3 In Blood
NA2.49 Blood/mg dm-3
Plutonium
0 1970
7.1.1 In Bone
NA5.00 p.p.m.
Plutonium
0 170000
8 Physical
8.1 Melting Point
824.00 °C38.89 °C
Francium
27 3410
8.4 Boiling Point
1,196.00 °C688.00 °C
Flerovium
147 5660
8.6 Appearance
8.6.1 Physical State
Solid
Solid
8.6.2 Color
Silvery White
Grayish White
8.6.3 Luster
Metallic
NA
8.7 Hardness
8.7.1 Mohs Hardness
NA0.30
Cesium
0.2 8.5
9.2.1 Brinell Hardness
343.00 MPa0.22 MPa
Cesium
0.14 3490
9.2.4 Vickers Hardness
206.00 MPaNA
Palladium
121 3430
9.4 Speed of Sound
1,590.00 m/s1,300.00 m/s
Thallium
818 16200
10.3 Optical Properties
10.3.1 Refractive Index
NANA
Mercury
1.000933 1.7229
10.3.3 Reflectivity
NANA
Molybdenum
58 97
10.5 Allotropes
10.5.1 α Allotropes
Not Available
Not Available
10.5.2 β Allotropes
Not Available
Not Available
10.5.3 γ Allotropes
Not Available
Not Available
11 Chemical
11.1 Chemical Formula
Yb
Rb
11.2 Isotopes
11.2.1 Known Isotopes
3029
Tennessine
0 38
11.3 Electronegativity
11.3.1 Pauling Electronegativity
NA0.82
Francium
0.7 2.54
12.1.1 Sanderson Electronegativity
NA0.31
Cesium
0.22 2.56
12.2.2 Allred Rochow Electronegativity
1.060.89
Cesium
0.86 1.82
12.3.1 Mulliken-Jaffe Electronegativity
NA0.69
Cesium
0.62 2.48
12.4.2 Allen Electronegativity
NA0.71
Cesium
0.659 2.7
12.7 Electropositivity
12.7.1 Pauling Electropositivity
NA3.18
Gold
1.46 3.3
12.9 Ionization Energies
12.9.1 1st Energy Level
603.40 kJ/mol403.00 kJ/mol
Cesium
375.7 26130
12.9.2 2nd Energy Level
1,174.80 kJ/mol2,633.00 kJ/mol
Ruthenium
710.2162 28750
12.10.2 3rd Energy Level
2,417.00 kJ/mol3,860.00 kJ/mol
Osmium
1600 34230
12.10.4 4th Energy Level
4,203.00 kJ/mol5,080.00 kJ/mol
Thorium
2780 37066
12.10.7 5th Energy Level
NA6,850.00 kJ/mol
Dubnium
4305.2 97510
12.10.10 6th Energy Level
NA8,140.00 kJ/mol
Seaborgium
5715.8 105800
12.10.12 7th Energy level
NA9,570.00 kJ/mol
Bohrium
7226.8 114300
12.11.1 8th Energy Level
NA13,120.00 kJ/mol
Hassium
8857.4 125300
12.11.3 9th Energy Level
NA14,500.00 kJ/mol
Yttrium
14110 134700
12.11.5 10th Energy Level
NA26,740.00 kJ/mol
Strontium
17100 144300
12.11.7 11th Energy Level
NANA
Yttrium
19900 169988
12.11.8 12th Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum
22219 189368
12.11.10 13th Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum
26930 76015
12.11.12 14th Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum
29196 86450
12.11.14 15th Energy Level
NANA
Manganese
41987 97510
12.11.16 16th Energy Level
NANA
Iron
47206 109480
12.11.18 17th Energy Level
NANA
Cobalt
52737 122200
12.11.20 18th Energy Level
NANA
Nickel
58570 134810
12.11.23 19th Energy Level
NANA
Copper
64702 148700
12.11.25 20th Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum
80400 171200
12.11.27 21st Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum
87000 179100
12.11.29 22nd Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum
93400 184900
12.11.31 23rd Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum
98420 198800
12.11.33 24th Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum
104400 195200
12.11.35 25th Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum
121900 121900
12.11.37 26th Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum
127700 127700
12.11.39 27th Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum
133800 133800
12.11.41 28th Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum
139800 139800
12.11.42 29th Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum
148100 148100
12.11.44 30th Energy Level
NANA
Molybdenum
154500 154500
12.13 Electrochemical Equivalent
2.15 g/amp-hr3.19 g/amp-hr
Beryllium
0.16812 8.3209
12.15 Electron Work Function
NA2.16 eV
Cesium
2.14 5.65
13.2 Other Chemical Properties
Ionization, Radioactive Isotopes, Solubility
Corrosion, Ionization, Radioactive Isotopes, Radioactivity
14 Atomic
14.1 Atomic Number
7037
Lithium
3 117
14.5 Electron Configuration
[Xe] 4f14 6s2
[Kr] 5s1
14.6 Crystal Structure
Face Centered Cubic (FCC)
Body Centered Cubic (BCC)
14.6.1 Crystal Lattice
14.7 Atom
14.7.1 Number of Protons
7037
Lithium
3 117
14.7.3 Number of Neutrons
10348
Lithium
4 184
14.7.5 Number of Electrons
7037
Lithium
3 117
14.8 Radius of an Atom
14.8.1 Atomic Radius
176.00 pm248.00 pm
Beryllium
112 265
14.9.2 Covalent Radius
187.00 pm220.00 pm
Beryllium
96 260
14.9.4 Van der Waals Radius
242.00 pm303.00 pm
Zinc
139 348
14.10 Atomic Weight
173.05 amu85.47 amu
Lithium
6.94 294
14.12 Atomic Volume
24.79 cm3/mol55.90 cm3/mol
Manganese
1.39 71.07
14.14 Adjacent Atomic Numbers
14.14.1 Previous Element
14.14.2 Next Element
14.15 Valence Electron Potential
50.30 (-eV)9.47 (-eV)
Francium
8 392.42
14.18 Lattice Constant
548.47 pm558.50 pm
Beryllium
228.58 891.25
14.20 Lattice Angles
π/2, π/2, π/2
π/2, π/2, π/2
14.21 Lattice C/A Ratio
NANA
Beryllium
1.567 1.886
15 Mechanical
15.1 Density
15.1.1 Density At Room Temperature
6.90 g/cm31.53 g/cm3
Lithium
0.534 40.7
16.1.2 Density When Liquid (at m.p.)
6.21 g/cm31.46 g/cm3
Lithium
0.512 20
16.2 Tensile Strength
58.00 MPaNA
Indium
2.5 11000
16.3 Viscosity
NANA
Mercury
0.001526 0.001526
16.5 Vapor Pressure
16.5.1 Vapor Pressure at 1000 K
NANA
Cerium
2.47E-11 121
16.6.1 Vapor Pressure at 2000 K
NANA
Tungsten
2.62E-10 774
16.8 Elasticity properties
16.8.1 Shear Modulus
9.90 GPaNA
Potassium
1.3 222
16.8.3 Bulk Modulus
30.50 GPa2.50 GPa
Cesium
1.6 462
16.9.2 Young's Modulus
23.90 GPa2.40 GPa
Cesium
1.7 528
16.10 Poisson Ratio
0.21NA
Beryllium
0.032 0.47
16.11 Other Mechanical Properties
Ductile, Malleable
Ductile
17 Magnetic
17.1 Magnetic Characteristics
17.1.1 Specific Gravity
6.971.53
Lithium
0.53 4500
17.2.1 Magnetic Ordering
Paramagnetic
Paramagnetic
17.2.2 Permeability
NANA
Bismuth
1.25643E-06 0.0063
18.1.2 Susceptibility
NANA
Bismuth
-0.000166 200000
18.2 Electrical Properties
18.2.2 Electrical Property
Conductor
Conductor
18.2.3 Resistivity
0.25 nΩ·m128.00 nΩ·m
Thallium
0.18 961
18.2.5 Electrical Conductivity
0.04 106/cm Ω0.08 106/cm Ω
Plutonium
0.00666 0.63
18.2.7 Electron Affinity
50.00 kJ/mol46.90 kJ/mol
Mercury
0 222.8
19 Thermal
19.1 Specific Heat
0.15 J/(kg K)0.36 J/(kg K)
Americium
0.11 3.6
19.2 Molar Heat Capacity
26.74 J/mol·K31.06 J/mol·K
Beryllium
16.443 62.7
19.3 Thermal Conductivity
38.50 W/m·K58.20 W/m·K
Neptunium
6.3 429
19.4 Critical Temperature
26.30 K2,093.00 K
Mercury
26.3 3223
19.5 Thermal Expansion
26.30 µm/(m·K)90.00 µm/(m·K)
Tungsten
4.5 97
19.6 Enthalpy
19.6.1 Enthalpy of Vaporization
128.90 kJ/mol69.20 kJ/mol
Zinc
7.32 799.1
19.6.2 Enthalpy of Fusion
7.66 kJ/mol2.19 kJ/mol
Cesium
2.1 35.23
20.1.1 Enthalpy of Atomization
180.00 kJ/mol82.00 kJ/mol
Mercury
61.5 837
20.2 Standard Molar Entropy
59.90 J/mol.K76.80 J/mol.K
Beryllium
9.5 198.1