Andrew Kwon Period 4 Chemistry 1A Mr.

Whieldon

The element Ytterbium is located at the 6th period and 16th group. With the symbol Yb, Ytterbium contains the atomic number of 70 and atomic mass number of 173.06g. Discovered in 1878 by Swiss chemist Jean Charles Galissard de Marignac, Ytterbium was a compound that Jean Charles originally called ytterbia. In 1907 French chemist Georges Urban separated ytterbia into two components that he called neoytterbia and lutecia. Neoytterbia would later be called Ytterbium and lutecia: lutetium. Three most abundant isotopes of naturally occurring Ytterbium include Yb-174(31.83%), Yb173(24.23%), and Yb-172(21.76%). The atomic masses for Yb-174 is 174, Yb-173 is 173, and Yb-172 is 172 and nuclear symbols are 174/70Yb, 173/70Yb, and 172/70Yb. The electron configuration of Ytterbium can be written as 1s2 2s2p6 3s2p6d10 4s2p6d10f14 5s2p6 6s2 and number of outer electrons as shown is 2. Ionization energy, which is the energy required to remove an outer electron, are: 1st- 603.4 kJmol 1, 2nd- 1174.8 kJmol 1, and 3rd-2417 kJmol 1. Ytterbium has 6 energy levels, as shown in the Bohr s model diagram. At the first energy level there are 2 electrons, at the second there are 8, the third there are 18, the fourth there are 32, at the fifth there are 8, and at the sixth there are 2.

There are very few items in the world that require Ytterbium as a necessity or even a wanting for the element. Because of its metallic properties that have similar characteristics as steel it may provide as an alternate metal. Natural ytterbium is a bright silvery color that has a melting point at 824.0 C and boiling point at 1466.0 C. It is ductile and malleable and is very alike in metal properties. At room temperature, this element is in the solid state and has a density of 6.90 gcm 3. Ytterbium s enthalpy of fusion is 7.66 kJ/mole and its enthalpy of vaporization is 128.9 kJ/mole.

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