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Terbium
Electron Configuration 2,8,18,27,8,2
Electron Configuration [Xe]] 4f9 6s2
Electronegativity 1.1
Enthalpy of Fusion 16.3 kJ mol-1
Enthalpy of Vaporisation 391 kJ mol-1
Heat Capacity 28.91 J mol-1 K-1
Thermal Conductivity 11.1 W m-1 K-1
Thermal Expansion 10.3 μm m-1 K-1
Magnetic ordering Ferromagnetic
Electrical resistivity 1.150 Ω m
Speed of sound 2620 m s-1
Young's modulus 55.7 GPa
Shear modulus 2620 GPa
Bulk modulus 38.7 GPa
Poisson ratio 0.261
Vickers hardness 863 MPa
Brinell hardness 677 MPa
Atomic Radii
Atomic Radius 175 pm
Bohr Radius 225 pm
Covalent Radius 0 pm
Van der Waals 0 pm
Oxidation States
Main Tb+3
Other Tb+4
Ionisation Energies (kJ mol-1) show graph
M - M+ 564.6
M+ - M2+ 1112
M2+ - M3+ 2114
M3+ - M4+ 3839