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Ytterbium (70Yb173.04)
[7440-64-4]
[7440-64-4]
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Elemental Form| Ytterbium occurs along with other rare earths in many rare minerals. It is a lustrous, bright silver metal with potential use in improving the strength and mechanical properties of stainless steel. Ytterbium is soft, malleable, and ductile. It reacts slowly with water and is soluble in dilute acids. | ||||
| Melting Point | 819°C | Boiling Point | 1196°C | |
| Density | 6.97g/cm3 | Specific Heat @ 25°C | 0.035cal/g°C | |
| Heat of Fusion | 1.8k-cal/g-atom | Heat of Vaporization | 38k-cal/g-atom | |
| Atomic Volume | 24.8W/D | First Ionization Energy | 143K-cal/g-mole | |
| Electronegativity | 1.1Pauling's | Electrical Resistivity @ 298°C | 25.1µΩ-cm | |
| Crystal Structure | Cubic, face centered | Compressibility | 7.39x10-6cm2/kg | |
| Thermal Neutron Cross Section | 36barns/atom | Magnetic Moment | 0.41Bohr magnetons | |
| Magnetic Susceptibility | 71x10-6emu/mole | Tensile Strength | 10,400psi | |
| Yield Strength | 9,500psi | Transformation Temperature | 792°C | |
| Standard Electrode Potential | +2.1volts | |||
