THULIUM, Tm (69)

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THULIUM

Tm (69)

ˈθjuːliəm

PHONETICS

Thulium is an easily workable metal with a bright silvery-grey lustre, is soft and tarnishes in the air. Despite its rarity, thulium is used as the radiation source in portable X-ray devices and in solid-state lasers. It has no significant biological role and is not particularly toxic.

ELEMENT BRIEF

1879 by Per Theodore Cleve, Sweden.

DISCOVERY

From the name of Thule, an ancient name of Scandinavia.

ETYMOLOGY

Thulium

ELEMENT

Tm

SYMBOL

69

ATOMIC NUMBER

7440-30-4

CAS NUMBER
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ELEMENTAL SPECTRUM


Silver

ELEMENTAL COLOUR


-

REFRACTIVE INDEX


0.210

POISSON RATIO


18.124 cm³

MOLAR VOLUME


471.00M Pa, 4.648'4k Atm

BRINELL HARDNESS


1.75

MOHS HARDNESS


520.00M Pa, 5.132'0k Atm

VICKERS HARDNESS


-

SPEED OF SOUND


45.00G Pa, 444.115'5k Atm

BULK MODULUS


31.00G Pa, 305.946'2k Atm

SHEAR MODULUS


74.00G Pa, 730.323'2k Atm

YOUNG MODULUS


ALLOTROPES

NONE

1,818.15 K, 1,545.00 °C

MELTING POINT


2,223.15 K, 1,950.00 °C

BOILING POINT


-

AUTOMATIC IGNITION


-

FLASHPOINT


-

CRITICAL TEMPERATURE


-

CRITICAL PRESSURE


17.000'000 W/(m K)

THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY


0.000'013'3 K¯¹

THERMAL EXPANSION


160.00 J/(kg K)

SPECIFIC HEAT


16.800 kJ/mol

HEAT FUSION


250.000 kJ/mol

HEAT VAPORISATION


-

HEAT COMBUSTION


25 K, -248.15 °C

CURIE POINT


56.00 K, -217.15 °C

NEEL POINT


-

ADIABATIC INDEX


Solid

PHASE

Conductor

ELECTRICAL TYPE


1.40M S/m

CONDUCTIVITY


700.00n Ω.m

RESISTIVITY


-

SUPERCONDUCTING POINT


Paramagnetic

MAGNETIC TYPE


0.000'001'990'0

MASS SUSCEPTIBILITY


0.000'000'336'179'00

MOLAR SUSCEPTIBILITY


0.018'548'800'00

VOLUME SUSCEPTIBILITY

Lanthanide

CLASSIFICATION


168.934'213'3

ATOMIC WEIGHT


222 pm

ATOMIC RADIUS


164 pm

COVALENT RADIUS SINGLE BOND


131 pm

COVALENT RADIUS DOUBLE BOND


-

COVALENT RADIUS TRIPLE BOND


227 pm

VAN DER WAALS RADIUS


[Xe]6s²4f¹³

ELECTRON CONFIGURATION


Hexagonal, Close Packed Single

CRYSTAL STRUCTURE


9.321'00 g/cm³

DENSITY AS SOLID


8.560'00 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


353.75, 353.75 555.46 pm

LATTICE CONSTANTS

3

VALENCE


1.25

ELECTRONEGATIVITY


99.29 kJ/mol

ELECTRON AFFINITY


IONISATION ENERGY

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0.000'000'01 %

UNIVERSE


0.000'002'9 %

METEORITES


0.000'000'02 %

SUN


0.000'051 %

EARTH CRUST


0.000'000'000'02 %

OCEANS


-

HUMANS

Stable

HALF LIFE


Stable

LIFETIME


4f¹³ = 4, 3, +2, -1/2

QUANTUM NUMBERS


6.380'00 b σs

NEUTRON CROSS SECTION


100.000'00 b σa

NEUTRON MASS ABSORPTION


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