Atomic Radii
Atomic Radius
Bohr Radius
Covalent Radius
Van der Waals
| Ytterbium | |
| Electron Configuration | 2,8,18,32,8,2 |
| Electron Configuration | [Xe]] 4f13 6s2 |
| Electronegativity | 1.1 |
| Enthalpy of Fusion | 9.2 kJ mol-1 |
| Enthalpy of Vaporisation | 159 kJ mol-1 |
| Heat Capacity | 26.74 J mol-1 K-1 |
| Thermal Conductivity | 38.5 W m-1 K-1 |
| Thermal Expansion | 26.3 μm m-1 K-1 |
| Magnetic ordering | No data |
| Electrical resistivity | 0.250 Ω m |
| Speed of sound | 1590 m s-1 |
| Young's modulus | 23.9 GPa |
| Shear modulus | 1590 GPa |
| Bulk modulus | 30.5 GPa |
| Poisson ratio | 0.207 |
| Vickers hardness | 206 MPa |
| Brinell hardness | 343 MPa |
| Atomic Radii |
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| Atomic Radius
|
175 pm |
| Bohr Radius
|
222 pm |
| Covalent Radius
|
0 pm |
| Van der Waals
|
0 pm |
| Oxidation States |
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| Main
|
Yb+2, Yb+3 |
| Other
|
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Ionisation Energies (kJ mol-1)  |
|
| M - M+ |
603.4 |
| M+ - M2+ |
1176 |
| M2+ - M3+ |
2415 |
| M3+ - M4+ |
4220 |