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Y

Yttrium

88.906

Transition Metal
Solid

Discovery

Gadolin, Johan (1794)

Etymology

Swedish

Meaning

Location discovered

Electron configuration

Electron configuration

Crystal structure

Crystal structure

Hexagonal close-packed

Physical Properties

Phase

  (at 21 °C and 101.325 kPa)

Solid

Melting point

  (at 101.325 kPa)

1523.0 °C

1796.15 K

Boiling point

  (at 101.325 kPa)

1384.0 °C

1657.15 K

Density

  (at 21 °C and 101.325 kPa)

4.47 g/cm3

Electronegativity

1.22