Monday, June 4, 2012

Basic Introduction of Ytterbium(III) Oxide

Ytterbium(III) oxide is the chemical compound with the formula Yb2O3. It is one of the more commonly encountered compounds of ytterbium. It has the "rare-earth C-type sesquioxide" structure which is related to the fluorite structure with one quarter of the anions removed, leading to ytterbium atoms in two different six coordinate (non-octahedral) environments.

Item name: Ytterbium(III) oxide
 Ytterbium(III) oxide CAS: 1314-37-0
Molecular formula: Yb2O3
Molecular Weight: 394.08 g/mol
Description: Ytterbium(III) oxide is a chemical compound. It is one of the more commonly encountered compounds of ytterbium. It can be used in colorant for glasses, enamels, dopant for garnet crystals in lasers and optical fibers.

Ytterbium is a chemical element with the symbol Yb and atomic number 70. It is the fourteenth and penultimate element in the lanthanide series, or last element in the f-block, which is the basis of the relative stability of the +2 oxidation state. However, like the other lanthanides, the most common oxidation state is +3, seen in its oxide, halides and other compounds. In an aqueous solution, like compounds of other late lanthanides, soluble lutetium compounds form a complex with nine water molecules.

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