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Lutetium (71Lu174.967)
[7439-94-3]
[7439-94-3]
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Elemental Form| Lutetium is a lustrous, soft, ductile, silvery-white metal. It occurs in minimal amounts in most minerals containing yttrium. The pure metal has only been recently isolated and is one of the most difficult to prepare. Lutetium is relatively stable in air and reacts slowly with water. | ||||
| Melting Point | 1663°C | Boiling Point | 3402°C | |
| Density | 9.84g/cm3 | Specific Heat @ 25°C | 0.037cal/g°C | |
| Heat of Fusion | 4.6k-cal/g-atom | Heat of Vaporization | 90k-cal/g-atom | |
| Atomic Volume | 17.8W/D | First Ionization Energy | 115K-cal/g-mole | |
| Electronegativity | 1.2Pauling's | Covalent Radius | 1.56Angstroms | |
| Electrical Resistivity @ 298°C | 58.2µΩ-cm | Crystal Structure | Hexagonal | |
| Compressibility | 2.38x10-6cm2/kg | Thermal Neutron Cross Section | 108barns/atom | |
| Magnetic Moment | 0.21Bohr magnetons | Magnetic Susceptibility | 17.9x10-6emu/mole | |
| Standard Electrode Potential | +2.1volts | |||
