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mineralogy elements Yb Ytterbium

Yb - Ytterbium - METAL LANTHANIDES

824°
1193°
173.045
2
3
70
Yb
[Xe] 4f14 6s2
2
8
18
32
8
2
1.1
6.2542
Synthetic
Radioactive
Liquid
Gaseous
Ytterbium Electronic configuration diagram
Electronic configuration diagram

Name Ytterbium
Number 70
Atomic 173.045
Symbol Yb
Fusion 824
Boiling 1193
Density 6.965
Period 6
Group 0
Discovery 1878 Marignac
Abundance 3.2
Radius 2.4
Electronegativity 1.1
Ionization 6.2542
Number of isotopes 16
Electronic configuration [Xe] 4f14 6s2
Oxidation states 2,3
Electron by energy level 2,8,18,32,8,2

Mineral Hardness Density
Aluminocerite-(Ce) 5.00 / 5.00 4.68
Calciopetersite 3.00 / 3.00 3.33
Caysichite-(Y) 4.50 / 4.50 3.03
Fluorcalciobritholite 5.50 / 5.50 4.20
Hingganite-(Y) 5.00 / 6.00
Hingganite-(Yb) 6.00 / 7.00 4.83
Iwashiroite-(Y) 6.00 / 6.00 7.10
Keiviite-(Y) 4.00 / 5.00 4.45
Keiviite-(Yb) 4.00 / 5.00 5.95
Samarskite-(Yb) 5.00 / 6.00 7.03
Stornesite-(Y) 3.20
Tassieite 3.45
Vyuntspakhkite-(Y) 6.00 / 7.00 4.02
Xenotime-(Yb)
Yakovenchukite-(Y) 5.00 / 5.00 2.83