Ytterbium
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| Property |
Value |
| Atomic Number |
70 |
| Element |
Ytterbium |
| Symbol |
Yb |
| Atomic Mass |
173.045 u |
| Number of Neutrons |
103 (most common isotope, Ytterbium-174) |
| Number of Protons |
70 |
| Number of Electrons |
70 |
| Period |
6 |
| Group |
Lanthanide (no fixed group number) |
| Phase |
Solid |
| Radioactive |
No (some isotopes are radioactive) |
| Natural |
Yes |
| Metal |
Yes |
| Nonmetal |
No |
| Metalloid |
No |
| Type |
Lanthanide |
| Atomic Radius |
222 pm |
| Electronegativity |
1.10 (Pauling scale) |
| First Ionization Energy |
6.254 eV |
| Density |
6.90 g/cm³ |
| Melting Point |
824 °C |
| Boiling Point |
1196 °C |
| Number of Isotopes |
7 naturally occurring (Yb-168, Yb-170, Yb-171, Yb-172, Yb-173, Yb-174, Yb-176) |
| Discoverer |
Jean Charles Galissard de Marignac |
| Year |
1878 |
| Specific Heat |
0.155 J/g·K |
| Number of Shells |
6 |
| Number of Valence Electrons |
2 |