Ytterbia
Ytterbium(III) oxide
Chemical compound
Ytterbium(III) oxide is the chemical compound with the formula Yb2O3. It is one of the more commonly encountered compounds of ytterbium. It occurs naturally in trace amounts in the mineral gadolinite. It was first isolated from this in 1878 by Jean Charles Galissard de Marignac.[3]
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| IUPAC name
Ytterbium(III) oxide. | |
| Other names
Ytterbia diytterbium trioxide ytterbium sesquioxide | |
| Identifiers | |
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| ECHA InfoCard | 100.013.850  |
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| Properties | |
| Yb2O3 | |
| Molar mass | 394.08 g/mol |
| Appearance | White solid. |
| Density | 9.17 g/cm3, solid. |
| Melting point | 2,355 °C (4,271 °F; 2,628 K) |
| Boiling point | 4,070 °C (7,360 °F; 4,340 K) |
| Insoluble | |
| Structure | |
| Cubic, cI80 | |
| Ia-3, No. 206 | |
| Octahedral | |
| Thermochemistry | |
Std molar entropy (S⦵298) |
133.05 J/mol·K [1] |
Std enthalpy of formation (ΔfH⦵298) |
-1814.600 kJ/mol [1] |
Gibbs free energy (ΔfG⦵) |
-1726.844 kJ/mol [1] |
| Hazards | |
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| H315, H319, H335 | |
| P261, P305+P351+P338[2] | |
| NFPA 704 (fire diamond) | |
| Flash point | Non-flammable. |
| Related compounds | |
Other anions |
Ytterbium(III) sulfide, Ytterbium(III) chloride |
Other cations |
Thulium(III) oxide Lutetium(III) oxide |
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa).
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Ytterbium(III) oxide can be obtained by directly reacting ytterbium with oxygen:[4]
- 4 Yb + 3 O2 → 2 Yb2O3
It can also be obtained by the thermal decomposition of ytterbium carbonate or ytterbium oxalate at temperatures around 700 °C:[5]
- Yb2(CO3)3 → Yb2O3 + 3CO2
- Yb2(C2O4)3 → Yb2O3 + 3 CO2 + 3CO
Chemical
Ytterbium(III) oxide is a white powder.[2] It reacts with carbon tetrachloride[6] or hot hydrochloric acid to form ytterbium(III) chloride:[7]
- 2 Yb2O3 + 3 CCl4 → 4 YbCl3 + 3 CO2
- Yb2O3 + 6 HCl → 2 YbCl3 + 3 H2O
Physical
Like the other trivalent oxides of the heavier lanthanides, ytterbium(III) oxide 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.[8]
- Colorant for glasses and enamels
- Dopant for garnet crystals in lasers
- Optical fibers
- Additive for special alloys and dielectric ceramic materials[9]
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