Ytterbium(III)_chloride_(data_page)

Ytterbium(III) chloride (data page)

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Structure and properties
Standard reduction potential, E°	1.620 eV
Crystallographic constants	a = 6.73 b = 11.65 c = 6.38 β = 110.4°
Effective nuclear charge	3.290
Bond strength	1194±7 kJ/mol
Bond length	2.434 (Yb-Cl)
Bond angle	111.5° (Cl-Yb-Cl)
Magnetic susceptibility	4.4 μ_B

Phase behavior
Std enthalpy change of fusionΔ_fusH^o	58.1±11.6 kJ/mol
Std entropy change of fusionΔ_fusS^o	50.3±10.1 J/(mol•K)
Std enthalpy change of atomizationΔ_atH^o	1166.5±4.3 kJ/mol
Solid properties
Std enthalpy change of formation Δ_fH^o_solid	−959.5±3.0 kJ/mol
Standard molar entropy S^o_solid	163.5 J/(mol•K)
Heat capacity c_p	101.4 J/(mol•K)
Liquid properties
Std enthalpy change of formation Δ_fH^o_liquid	−212.8 kJ/mol
Gas properties
Std enthalpy change of formation Δ_fH^o_gas	−651.1±5.0 kJ/mol

UV-Vis
λ_max	268 nm
Extinction coefficient	303 M⁻¹cm⁻¹
IR
Major absorption bands	ν₁ = 368.0 cm⁻¹ ν₂ = 178.4 cm⁻¹ ν₃ = 330.7 cm⁻¹ ν₄ = 117.8 cm⁻¹
MS
Ionization potentials from electron impact	YbCl₃⁺ = 10.9±0.1 eV YbCl₂⁺ = 11.6±0.1 eV YbCl⁺ = 14.3±0.1 eV

Ytterbium(III) chloride (data page)