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| General |
| Name | Ytterbium |
| Symbol | Yb |
| Number | 70 |
| Group Number | NA |
| Group | Rare Earth, Lanthanides |
| Block | f |
| Density | 6.98 g/cm3 |
| Atomic Weight | 173.04 g/mol |
| Atomic Volume | 24.79 cm3/mol |
| Discover | 1879 |
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| States |
| State | Solid |
| Melting Point | 1097 K |
| Boiling Point | 1469 K |
| Triple Point | Nil |
| Critical Point | Nil |
| Heat of Fusion | 7.66 kJ/mol |
| Heat of Vaporization | 159 kJ/mol |
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| Energies |
| First Ionization Energy | 603.4 kJ/mole |
| Second Ionization Energy | 1176 kJ/mole |
| Third Ionization Energy | 2415 kJ/mole |
| Electronegativity | 1.21 |
| Electron Affinity | 50 kJ/mole |
| Specific Heat | 0.15 J/gK |
| Heat Atomization | 152 kJ/mole atoms |
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| Oxidation and Electrons |
| Shells | 2,8,18,32,8,2 |
| Electron Configuration | [Xe] 4f14 6s2 4f14 6s2 |
| Minimum Oxidation Number | 0 |
| Maximum Oxidation Number | 3 |
| Minimum Common Oxidation Number | 0 |
| Maximum Common Oxidation Number | 3 |
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| Appearance and Characteristics |
| Crystal Structure | cubic face centered |
| Characteristics | soft |
| Color | silvery-white |
| Uses | alloys |
| Hardness | Nil |
| Toxicity | None |
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| Reactions |
| Reaction with Air | vigorous, =>Yb2O3 |
| Reaction with 6M HCl | mild, =>H2, YbCl3 |
| Reaction with 15M HNO3 | mild, =>Yb(NO3)3 |
| Reaction with 6M NaOH | None |
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| Other Forms |
| Number of Isotopes | 7 |
| Hydride | YbH2 Yb2H5 |
| Oxide | Yb2O3 |
| Chloride | YbCl2 YbCl3 |
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| Radius |
| Atomic Radius | 193 pm |
| Ionic Radius (1+ ion) | Nil |
| Ionic Radius (1- ion) | Nil |
| Ionic Radius (2+ ion) | 116 pm |
| Ionic Radius (2- ion) | Nil |
| Ionic Radius (3+ ion) | 100.8 pm |
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| Conductivity |
| Thermal Conductivity | 34.9 J/m-sec-deg |
| Electrical Conductivity | 35.7 1/mohm-cm |
| Polarizability | 21 A3 |
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| Abundance |
| Source | Monazite(phosphate),bastnaesite |
| Relation Abundance Solar System | -0.606 log |
| Abundance Earth's Crust | 0.5 log |
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