TERBIUM, Tb (65)

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TERBIUM

Tb (65)

ˈtɜːrbiəm

PHONETICS

Terbium is a silvery-white rare earth metal that is malleable, ductile and very hard. Never found in nature as a free element, it is contained in many minerals, including cerite, gadolinite, monazite, xenotime and euxenite.

ELEMENT BRIEF

1843 by Carl Mosander, Sweden.

DISCOVERY

From the name of Ytterby, a town in Sweden.

ETYMOLOGY

Terbium

ELEMENT

Tb

SYMBOL

65

ATOMIC NUMBER

7440-27-9

CAS NUMBER
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ELEMENTAL SPECTRUM


Silver

ELEMENTAL COLOUR


-

REFRACTIVE INDEX


0.260

POISSON RATIO


19.336 cm³

MOLAR VOLUME


677.00M Pa, 6.681'5k Atm

BRINELL HARDNESS


2.30

MOHS HARDNESS


863.00M Pa, 8.517'1k Atm

VICKERS HARDNESS


2,620 m/s, Mach 7.638'5

SPEED OF SOUND


38.70G Pa, 381.939'3k Atm

BULK MODULUS


22.00G Pa, 217.123'1k Atm

SHEAR MODULUS


56.00G Pa, 552.677'0k Atm

YOUNG MODULUS


ALLOTROPES

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1,629.15 K, 1,356.00 °C

MELTING POINT


3,503.15 K, 3,230.00 °C

BOILING POINT


-

AUTOMATIC IGNITION


-

FLASHPOINT


-

CRITICAL TEMPERATURE


-

CRITICAL PRESSURE


11.000'000 W/(m K)

THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY


0.000'010'3 K¯¹

THERMAL EXPANSION


182.00 J/(kg K)

SPECIFIC HEAT


10.800 kJ/mol

HEAT FUSION


295.000 kJ/mol

HEAT VAPORISATION


-

HEAT COMBUSTION


222.00 K, -51.15 °C

CURIE POINT


230.00 K, -43.15 °C

NEEL POINT


-

ADIABATIC INDEX


Solid

PHASE

Conductor

ELECTRICAL TYPE


830.00k S/m

CONDUCTIVITY


1.20μ Ω.m

RESISTIVITY


-

SUPERCONDUCTING POINT


Paramagnetic

MAGNETIC TYPE


0.000'013'600'0

MASS SUSCEPTIBILITY


0.000'002'161'385'00

MOLAR SUSCEPTIBILITY


0.111'778'400'00

VOLUME SUSCEPTIBILITY

Lanthanide

CLASSIFICATION


158.925'346'8

ATOMIC WEIGHT


225 pm

ATOMIC RADIUS


168 pm

COVALENT RADIUS SINGLE BOND


135 pm

COVALENT RADIUS DOUBLE BOND


-

COVALENT RADIUS TRIPLE BOND


221 pm

VAN DER WAALS RADIUS


[Xe]6s²4f⁹

ELECTRON CONFIGURATION


Hexagonal, Close Packed Single

CRYSTAL STRUCTURE


8.219'00 g/cm³

DENSITY AS SOLID


7.650'00 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


360.1, 360.1 569.36 pm

LATTICE CONSTANTS

3

VALENCE


-

ELECTRONEGATIVITY


112.41 kJ/mol

ELECTRON AFFINITY


IONISATION ENERGY

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0.000'000'1 %

UNIVERSE


0.000'003'9 %

METEORITES


0.000'000'01 %

SUN


0.000'093 %

EARTH CRUST


0.000'000'000'01 %

OCEANS


-

HUMANS

Stable

HALF LIFE


Stable

LIFETIME


4f⁹ = 4, 3, -2, -1/2

QUANTUM NUMBERS


6.840'00 b σs

NEUTRON CROSS SECTION


23.400'00 b σa

NEUTRON MASS ABSORPTION


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