Ytterbium

Catalogue

Atomic structure

Discovery

Source

Element USES

physical property

Chemical property

Geological data

Biology data

Atomic structure

Atomic radius/A: 2.4
Atomic volume/cm3 / mol: 24.79
Electronic configuration: 1 2 3 4 s2p6 s2 s2p6d10 s2p6d10f14 5 s2p6 6 s2
Ion radius/A: 0.858
Covalent radius/A: 1.74 oxidation state: 3, 2

Discovery

1878 by J.C. Galissard DE Marignac (Geneva, Switzerland city) found.

Source

Stored in mineral: yttrium oxide, monazite, silicon beryllium ore and phosphorus ore y y.

Element USES

Used in metallurgy and chemical experiment.

physical property

State: soft, silver rare earth metal.

Melting point (℃) : 824
Boiling point (℃) : 1194
Density (g/cc, 300 K) : 6.9

Than hot/J/gK: 0.15
Evaporation heat/KJ/mol: 128.9
Melting hot/KJ/mol: 7.66

Conductive rate / 106 / cm: 0.0351
Coefficient of thermal conductivity/W/cmK: 0.349

Geological data

abundance
Retention time/year: 400

The sun (relative to the H = 1 x 1012) : 8 sea/P.P.M. :
The earth's crust/P.P.M. : 3.3 the Atlantic ocean surface: 5 x 10-seven Pacific surface: 3.7 x 10-seven
Atmospheric/P.P.M. (volume) : the Atlantic ocean depths: 7.5 x 10-seven deep in the Pacific: 22 x 10-seven

Biology data

Content in the human body
Liver/P.P.M. :
Organs: unknown, but less. Muscle/P.P.M. :
Blood/mg dm-3: th intake/mg: unknown
Bone/P.P.M. : people (70 Kg) are total body/mg: unknown

Detailed information

Ytterbium/Yb