Ytterbium (Yb)
A fascinating lanthanide element.
Ytterbium is element 70 on the periodic table.
Element properties
- Atomic number
- 70
- Symbol
- Yb
- Atomic mass
- 173.05 u
- Category
- Lanthanide
- Period
- 6
- Group
- Not assigned
- Block
- f
- State
- Solid
- Electron configuration
- [Xe] 4f14 6s2
- Electronegativity (Pauling)
- 1.1
- Density
- 6.9 g/cm³
- Melting point
- 824 °C
- Boiling point
- 1196 °C