ERBIUM, Er (68)

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ERBIUM

Er (68)

ˈɜːrbiəm

PHONETICS

Erbium is a silvery-white solid metal when artificially isolated and in nature, it is always found in chemical combination with other elements and as such, it is a rare earth element which is associated with several other rare elements in the mineral gadolinite from Ytterby in Sweden, where yttrium, ytterbium, and terbium were discovered. Erbium’s principal uses involve its pink-coloured Er3+ ions, which have optical fluorescent properties particularly useful in certain laser applications.

ELEMENT BRIEF

1842 by Carl G. Mosander, Sweden.

DISCOVERY

From the name of Ytterby, Sweden, where it was mined.

ETYMOLOGY

Erbium

ELEMENT

Er

SYMBOL

68

ATOMIC NUMBER

7440-52-0

CAS NUMBER
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ELEMENTAL SPECTRUM


Silver

ELEMENTAL COLOUR


-

REFRACTIVE INDEX


0.240

POISSON RATIO


18.449 cm³

MOLAR VOLUME


814.00M Pa, 8.033'6k Atm

BRINELL HARDNESS


1.95

MOHS HARDNESS


589.00M Pa, 5.813'0k Atm

VICKERS HARDNESS


2,830 m/s, Mach 8.250'7

SPEED OF SOUND


44.00G Pa, 434.246'2k Atm

BULK MODULUS


28.00G Pa, 276.338'5k Atm

SHEAR MODULUS


70.00G Pa, 690.846'3k Atm

YOUNG MODULUS


ALLOTROPES

NONE

1,770.15 K, 1,497.00 °C

MELTING POINT


3,141.15 K, 2,868.00 °C

BOILING POINT


-

AUTOMATIC IGNITION


-

FLASHPOINT


-

CRITICAL TEMPERATURE


-

CRITICAL PRESSURE


15.000'000 W/(m K)

THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY


0.000'012'2 K¯¹

THERMAL EXPANSION


168.00 J/(kg K)

SPECIFIC HEAT


19.900 kJ/mol

HEAT FUSION


285.000 kJ/mol

HEAT VAPORISATION


-

HEAT COMBUSTION


32 K, -241.15 °C

CURIE POINT


82.00 K, -191.15 °C

NEEL POINT


-

ADIABATIC INDEX


Solid

PHASE

Conductor

ELECTRICAL TYPE


1.20M S/m

CONDUCTIVITY


860.00n Ω.m

RESISTIVITY


-

SUPERCONDUCTING POINT


Paramagnetic

MAGNETIC TYPE


0.000'003'770'0

MASS SUSCEPTIBILITY


0.000'003'770'0

MOLAR SUSCEPTIBILITY


0.034'178'800'00

VOLUME SUSCEPTIBILITY

Lanthanide

CLASSIFICATION


167.256'304'1

ATOMIC WEIGHT


222 pm

ATOMIC RADIUS


165 pm

COVALENT RADIUS SINGLE BOND


133 pm

COVALENT RADIUS DOUBLE BOND


-

COVALENT RADIUS TRIPLE BOND


235 pm

VAN DER WAALS RADIUS


[Xe]6s²4f¹²

ELECTRON CONFIGURATION


Hexagonal, Close Packed Single

CRYSTAL STRUCTURE


9.066'00 g/cm³

DENSITY AS SOLID


8.860'00 g/cm³

DENSITY AS LIQUID


-

DENSITY AS GAS


p6₃/mmc

SPACE GROUP NAME


194

SPACE GROUP NUMBER


π/2, π/2 2π/3

LATTICE ANGLES


355.88, 355.88 558.74 pm

LATTICE CONSTANTS

3

VALENCE


1.24

ELECTRONEGATIVITY


30.10 kJ/mol

ELECTRON AFFINITY


IONISATION ENERGY

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0.000'000'2 %

UNIVERSE


0.000'018 %

METEORITES


0.000'000'1 %

SUN


0.000'3 %

EARTH CRUST


0.000'000'000'09 %

OCEANS


-

HUMANS

Stable

HALF LIFE


Stable

LIFETIME


4f¹² = 4, 3, +1, -1/2

QUANTUM NUMBERS


8.700'00 b σs

NEUTRON CROSS SECTION


159.000'00 b σa

NEUTRON MASS ABSORPTION


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