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Ytterbium
Lanthanide · f-block · ring P
Ytterbium is element 70, a lanthanide. It is one of the lanthanides, which the spiral keeps in line on ring P instead of exiling them to a strip below the table.
Properties
| Density | 6.9 g/cm³ | Terrain → |
|---|---|---|
| Melting point | 1,097 K · 824 °C | Terrain → |
| Boiling point | 1,469 K · 1,196 °C | Terrain → |
| Electronegativity | 1.10 | Terrain → |
| First ionization energy | 603 kJ/mol | Terrain → |
| Atomic weight | 173.045 u | Terrain → |
| Crustal abundance | 3.2 ppm | Terrain → |
| Discovered | 1878 | Terrain → |
Values from open reference data; see sources. "Terrain" opens that property as a 3D landscape across the whole spiral.
Two things you might not know
- It has the smallest liquid range of all metals: it melts at 824 degrees C and boils at 1196 degrees C.
- Clocks built on its atoms tick stably to within two parts in a quintillion; a Swedish village gave it its name.
Checked against en.wikipedia.org.
Lanthanides
- La Lanthanum
- Ce Cerium
- Pr Praseodymium
- Nd Neodymium
- Pm Promethium
- Sm Samarium
- Eu Europium
- Gd Gadolinium
- Tb Terbium
- Dy Dysprosium
- Ho Holmium
- Er Erbium
- Tm Thulium
- Yb Ytterbium
Ring P (period 6)
Play with Ytterbium
Watch it fly into its seat, or raise the whole spiral into a landscape and see where it peaks.