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Ytterbium (Yb) Metal

HTRE918

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Ytterbium (Yb) Metal is a soft and silvery metal at standard temperature and pressure, with good ductility and plasticity, which is applied in petroleum and environment protection catalysts, mischmetal, polishing powders, and Rare Earth fertilizers. Heeger Materials (HM) provides the best Ytterbium (Yb) Metal in the forms of powder, rod, wire, and sheet at competitive prices.

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ShapePowder, rod, wire, sheet, or customized
Molecular FormulaYb
Molecular Weight173.04
Purity99.99%D/99.99%/99.9%/99%
CAS7440-64-4
SynonymsYtterbium Metall/Metall De Ytterbium/Metall Del Yterbio

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Ytterbium (Yb) is a rare earth element with atomic number 70 and the symbol Yb. It oxidizes slowly in air and is soluble in dilute acid. It is widely used in improving the grain refinement, strength, and other mechanical properties of stainless steel and alloys. HM stocks a wide variety of rare earth materials for use in electronics, petrochemicals, metallurgy, machinery, energy, environmental protection, agriculture, and other fields. We also offer pure metals and compounds for R&D applications.

Ytterbium (Yb) Metal

Ytterbium Metal Properties

  • Melting point: 1097 K (824 °C, 1515 °F)
  • Boiling point: 1469 K (1196 °C, 2185 °F)
  • Density (near r.t.): 6.90 g/cm3
  • when liquid (at m.p.): 6.21 g/cm3
  • The heat of fusion: 7.66 kJ/mol
  • The heat of vaporization: 129 kJ/mol
  • Molar heat capacity: 26.74 J/(mol·K)

Ytterbium (Yb) Metal Specifications

Grade99.99%D99.99%99.9%99%
CHEMICAL COMPOSITION
Yb/TREM (% min.)99.9999.9999.999.9
TREM (% min.)99.999.59999
Rare Earth Impuritiesppm max.ppm max.% max.% max.
Eu/TREM
Gd/TREM
Tb/TREM
Dy/TREM
Ho/TREM
Er/TREM
Tm/TREM
Lu/TREM
Y/TREM		10
10
30
30
30
50
50
50
30		10
10
10
20
20
50
50
50
30		0.003
0.003
0.003
0.003
0.003
0.003
0.03
0.03
0.05		0.03
0.03
0.03
0.03
0.03
0.03
0.3
0.3
0.3
Non-Rare Earth Impuritiesppm max.ppm max.% max.% max.
Fe
Si
Ca
Al
Mg
W
Ta
O
C
Cl		100
50
100
50
50
50
50
500
50
50		500
100
500
100
100
100
100
1000
100
100		0.15
0.01
0.05
0.01
0.01
0.05
0.01
0.15
0.01
0.01		0.18
0.02
0.05
0.03
0.03
0.05
0.03
0.2
0.03
0.02

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Ytterbium (Yb) Metal Application

  • Used as a dopant to improve the grain refinement, strength, and other mechanical properties of stainless steel and alloys.
  • Used as a radiation source in portable X-ray machines.
  • Used in nuclear medicine.
  • Rarely used in dentistry.
  • Be further processed into various shapes of ingots, pieces, wires, foils, slabs, rods, discs, and powder.

Ytterbium (Yb) Metal Packing

Ytterbium (Yb) Metal products are vacuum-sealed independently. The small-sized products are packaged in cartoons and large-sized products are packaged in wooden boxes.

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