ytterbium

• Formula: Yb
• Molecular weight: 173.054
• IUPAC Standard InChI: InChI=1S/Yb Copy

  
• IUPAC Standard InChIKey: NAWDYIZEMPQZHO-UHFFFAOYSA-N Copy
• CAS Registry Number: 7440-64-4
• Chemical structure:
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Gas phase ion energetics data

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Data compilation copyright by the U.S. Secretary of Commerce on behalf of the U.S.A. All rights reserved.

Data evaluated as indicated in comments:
L - Sharon G. Lias

Data compiled as indicated in comments:
LL - Sharon G. Lias and Joel F. Liebman
LLK - Sharon G. Lias, Rhoda D. Levin, and Sherif A. Kafafi
RDSH - Henry M. Rosenstock, Keith Draxl, Bruce W. Steiner, and John T. Herron

View reactions leading to Yb⁺ (ion structure unspecified)

Ionization energy determinations

References

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Data compilation copyright by the U.S. Secretary of Commerce on behalf of the U.S.A. All rights reserved.

Lide, 1992
Lide, D.R. (Editor), Ionization potentials of atoms and atomic ions in Handbook of Chem. and Phys., 1992, 10-211. [all data]

Martin, Zalubas, et al., 1978
Martin, W.C.; Zalubas, R.; Hagan, L., Atomic energy levels - the rare earth elements, Natl. Stand. Ref. Data Ser. (U.S. Natl. Bur. Stand.), 1978, 60. [all data]

Ackermann, Rauh, et al., 1976
Ackermann, R.J.; Rauh, E.G.; Thorn, R.J., The thermodynamics of ionization of gaseous oxides; the first ionization potentials of the lanthanide metals and monoxides, J. Chem. Phys., 1976, 65, 1027. [all data]

Guido and Balducci, 1972
Guido, M.; Balducci, G., Dissociation energy of Yb₂, J. Chem. Phys., 1972, 57, 5611. [all data]

Camus and Tomkins, 1969
Camus, P.; Tomkins, F.S., Spectre d'absorption de Yb I, J. Phys. (Paris), 1969, 30, 545. [all data]

Parr and Elder, 1968
Parr, A.C.; Elder, FA., Photoionization of ytterbium: 1350-2000 K, J. Chem. Phys., 1968, 49, 2665. [all data]

Hertel, 1968
Hertel, G.R., Surface ionization. III. The first ionization potentials of the lanthanides, J. Chem. Phys., 1968, 48, 2053. [all data]

Zmbov and Margrave, 1966
Zmbov, K.F.; Margrave, J.L., The first ionization potentials of samarium, europium, gadolinium, dysprosium, holmium, erbium, thulium, and ytterbium by the electron-impact method, J. Phys. Chem., 1966, 70, 3014. [all data]

Reader and Sugar, 1966
Reader, J.; Sugar, J., Ionization energies of the neutral rare earths, J. Opt. Soc. Am., 1966, 56, 1189. [all data]

Dresser and Hudson, 1965
Dresser, M.J.; Hudson, D.E., Surface ionization of some rare earths on tungsten, Phys. Rev., 1965, 137, A673. [all data]

Notes

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• Symbols used in this document:
  

  IE (evaluated)

  Recommended ionization energy

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