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Ytterbium (Yb) Metal
Ytterbium (Yb) Metal is a soft and...
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Ytterbium (Yb) Metal
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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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Data sheet
| Shape | Powder, rod, wire, sheet, or customized |
| Molecular Formula | Yb |
| Molecular Weight | 173.04 |
| Purity | 99.99%D/99.99%/99.9%/99% |
| CAS | 7440-64-4 |
| Synonyms | Ytterbium Metall/Metall De Ytterbium/Metall Del Yterbio |
More info
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 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
| Grade | 99.99%D | 99.99% | 99.9% | 99% |
| CHEMICAL COMPOSITION | ||||
| Yb/TREM (% min.) | 99.99 | 99.99 | 99.9 | 99.9 |
| TREM (% min.) | 99.9 | 99.5 | 99 | 99 |
| Rare Earth Impurities | ppm 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 Impurities | ppm 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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