Name: Ytterbium
Symbol: YB
Atomic Number: 70
Atomic Mass: 173.045
Unique Facts:
Physical Properties:
Group: Lanthanide
Boiling Point: 1469 K (1196°C or 2185°F)
Melting Point: 1092 K (819°C or 1506°F)
Common Isotopes:
Seven stable isotopes
Symbol: YB
Atomic Number: 70
Atomic Mass: 173.045
Unique Facts:
- Ytterbium is moderately toxic.
- Ytterbium is named after Ytterby, a town in Sweden.
Physical Properties:
- soft, malleable, displays a bright silvery luster when in its pure form
- reacts slowly with cold water and it oxidizes slowly in air
- Ytterbium metal tarnishes slowly in air
- Dissolves slowly in water, but quickly in acids
- Reacts slowly with cold water and quickly with hot water
Group: Lanthanide
Boiling Point: 1469 K (1196°C or 2185°F)
Melting Point: 1092 K (819°C or 1506°F)
Common Isotopes:
Seven stable isotopes
- 168Yb
- 170Yb
- 171Yb
- 172Yb
- 173Yb
- 174Yb
- 176Yb
http://www.webelements.com/ytterbium/isotopes.html
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