Lutetium (Lu)
A fascinating lanthanide element.
Lutetium is element 71 on the periodic table.
Element properties
- Atomic number
- 71
- Symbol
- Lu
- Atomic mass
- 174.97 u
- Category
- Lanthanide
- Period
- 6
- Group
- Not assigned
- Block
- f
- State
- Solid
- Electron configuration
- [Xe] 4f14 5d1 6s2
- Electronegativity (Pauling)
- 1.27
- Density
- 9.841 g/cm³
- Melting point
- 1663 °C
- Boiling point
- 3402 °C