70

Yb

Ytterbium

173.05

Lathanide
Solid

Discovery

De Marignac, Jean Charles Galissard (1878)

Etymology

Swedish

Meaning

Location discovered

Electron configuration

Electron configuration

Crystal structure

Crystal structure

Face-centered cubic

Physical Properties

Phase

  (at 21 °C and 101.325 kPa)

Solid

Melting point

  (at 101.325 kPa)

824.0 °C

1097.15 K

Boiling point

  (at 101.325 kPa)

1727.0 °C

2000.15 K

Density

  (at 21 °C and 101.325 kPa)

6.90 g/cm3

Electronegativity

0.00