Ytterbium (Yb)
General Properties
| Symbol | Yb |
|---|---|
| Atomic Number | 70 |
| Atomic Weight | 173.04 |
| Group |
(Lanthanoids)
Solid, Conductor, Lanthanide, Stable, Natural
|
| Period | 6 |
| Block | f |
Physical Properties
| Density | 6.97 g/cm3 |
|---|---|
| Atomic Volume | 24.8 cm3/mole |
| Atomic Radius | 1.94 angstroms |
| Covalent Radius | -- |
| Crust Abundance | 0.00028% |
| Crystal Structure | Cubic: Face centered |
| Color | Silver |
States
| Melting Point | 819.0 °C |
|---|---|
| Boiling Point | 1196.0 °C |
| Heat of Fusion | 7.7 kJ/mol |
| Heat of Vaporization | 128.0 kJ/mol |
Energy
| Electronegativity | (Pauling Scale) |
|---|---|
| Electron Affinity | 50 kJ/mol |
| 1st Ionization Energy | 603 kJ/mol |
| 2. Ionization Energy | 1174.8 kJ/mol |
| 3. Ionization Energy | 2417 kJ/mol |
| 4. Ionization Energy | 4203 kJ/mol |
| Specific Heat Capacity | 0.155 J g−1 K−1 |
| Thermal Conductivity | 34.9 W·m−1·K−1 |
Electrons & Oxidation
| Oxidation States | +3,2 |
|---|---|
| Electrons Per Shell | 2 8 18 32 8 2 |
| Electron Configuration | [Xe] 4f14 6s2 |
| 1s2 2s2 2p6 3s2 3p6 3d10 4s2 4p6 4d10 5s2 5p6 4f14 6s2 | |
|
Orbital Diagram
1s ↿⇂ 2s ↿⇂ 2p ↿⇂ ↿⇂ ↿⇂ 3s ↿⇂ 3p ↿⇂ ↿⇂ ↿⇂ 3d ↿⇂ ↿⇂ ↿⇂ ↿⇂ ↿⇂ 4s ↿⇂ 4p ↿⇂ ↿⇂ ↿⇂ 4d ↿⇂ ↿⇂ ↿⇂ ↿⇂ ↿⇂ 4f ↿⇂ ↿⇂ ↿⇂ ↿⇂ ↿⇂ ↿⇂ ↿⇂ 5s ↿⇂ 5p ↿⇂ ↿⇂ ↿⇂ 5d 5f 6s ↿⇂ 6p 6d 6f |
|
Nuclear
| Radioactive | No |
|---|
Media
- Description
- Silvery, lustrous, malleable, and ductile metal.
- Uses
- Used in metallurgical and chemical experiments.
- Sources
- Found in minerals such as yttria, monazite, gadolinite, and xenotime. Monazite is often 50% rare earth by weight and typically 0.03% ytterbium.
- Pronounciation (English)
- i-TUR-bi-em
Translations
| Afrikaans | Itterbium | |
| Aragonese | Iterbio | |
| العربية | يتربيوم | |
| Armãneashte | Iterbiumu | |
| asturianu | Iterbiu | |
| azərbaycan | İtterbium | |
| български | Итербий | |
| বাংলা | ইটারবিয়াম | |
| brezhoneg | Iterbiom | |
| bosanski | Ytterbijum, ²Iterbij | |
| Byelorussian | Iтэрбій | |
| Cebuano | Iterbyo | |
| čeština | Ytterbium | |
| Chuvash | Иттерби | |
| Cymraeg | Iterbi | |
| dansk | Ytterbium | |
| Deutsch | Ytterbium | |
| Ελληνικά | Υττερβιο | |
| English | Ytterbium | |
| esperanto | Iterbio | |
| español | Itérbio | |
| eesti | üterbium | |
| euskara | Iterbioa | |
| فارسی | ایتربیم | |
| suomi | Ytterbium | |
| føroyskt | Ytterbium | |
| français | Ytterbium | |
| furlan | Iterbi | |
| Frysk | Ytterbium | |
| Gaeilge | Itéirbiam | |
| Gàidhlig | Itèirbiam | |
| galego | Iterbio | |
| ગુજરાતી | ઇટર્બિયમનો | |
| Gaelg | Ytterbium | |
| Hakka Chinese | Yi (鐿) | |
| עברית | איטרביום | |
| हिन्दी | यिट्टरबियम | |
| hrvatski | Iterbij | |
| magyar | Itterbium | |
| հայերեն | Իտերբիում | |
| Indonesia | Iterbium | |
| íslenska | Ytterbín | |
| italiano | Itterbio | |
| 日本語 | イッテルビウム | |
| ქართული | იტერბიუმი | |
| کٲشُر | Éterb | |
| қазақ тілі | Иттербий | |
| 한국어 | 이테르븀, 2이터븀 | |
| kurdî | İtterbiyûm | |
| Komi | Иттербий | |
| kernewek | Yterbyum | |
| кыргызча | Иттербий | |
| Latin | Ytterbium | |
| Lëtzebuergesch | Ytterbium | |
| Lombard | Itèrbi | |
| lingála | Yetibu (Y?) | |
| lietuvių | Iterbis | |
| latviešu | Iterbijs | |
| Mari | Иттербий | |
| Māori | Ytterbium | |
| македонски | Итербиум | |
| മലയാളം | യിറ്റെര്ബിയം | |
| монгол | Иттерби | |
| Мокшан | Итерби | |
| Melayu | Yterbium | |
| Malti | Itterbju[m] | |
| Nahuatl | Iterbio | |
| Nederlands | Ytterbium | |
| norsk | Ytterbium | |
| Occitan | Itterbi | |
| ирон | Иттербий | |
| polski | Iterb | |
| português | Itérbio | |
| Runasimi | Iterbyu | |
| română | Yterbiu | |
| русский | Иттербий | |
| slovenčina | Ytterbium | |
| slovenščina | Iterbij | |
| Samoan | Itetrobimi | |
| Samogitian | Iterbis | |
| shqip | Iterb, ²Ytterbiumi | |
| српски | Итербијум | |
| Southern Sotho | Ytterbiamo | |
| svenska | Ytterbium | |
| Kiswahili | Yitebi | |
| தமிழ் | -- | |
| тоҷикӣ | Иттербий | |
| ไทย | อิตเทอร์เบียม | |
| Türkçe | İtterbiyum | |
| ئۇيغۇرچە | ئىتتېربىي | |
| українська | Iтербій | |
| o‘zbek | Itterbiy | |
| Tiếng Việt | Ytecbi | |
| Võro | üterbium | |
| 中文 | 鐿 |
History
- Discovered In
- 1878
- Discovered By
- Jean de Marignac
- Discovered At
- Switzerland
- Word Origin
- Named after the village of "Ytterby" near Vaxholm in Sweden