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Yttrium

Yttrium is a chemical element; it has symbol Y and atomic number 39. It is a silvery-metallic transition metal chemically similar to the lanthanides and has often been classified as a rare-earth element. Yttrium is almost always found in combination with lanthanide elements in rare-earth minerals and is never found in nature as a free element. 89Y is the…

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related to Garnets · 15
Yttrium → Al, Ce, Cerium-doped, Czochralski, Fe, Gd, LEDs, LiYF4, The, Y3, Y3Al5O12, Y3Fe5O12, YAG, YIG, YVO4
related to Precautions · 14
Yttrium → Acute, At, Exposure, Health, Health Administration, In, NIOSH, Occupational Safety, OSHA, REL, The National Institute, The Occupational Safety, Water-soluble, Workers
related to history · 12
Yttrium → Anders Gustaf Ekeberg, Antoine Lavoisier, Arrhenius, Carl Axel Arrhenius, In, Johan Gadolin, Royal Academy, Stockholm Archipelago, Swedish, Thinking, Turku, Ytterby
related to External links · 9
Yttrium → Chu, Encyclopedia, Encyclopædia Britannica, Geochemistry, Nottingham, Paul, The Periodic Table, University, Videos
related to Phosphor · 9
Yttrium → As, Eu3, III, LEDs, Tb3, The, Y2O2S, Y2O3, YAG
related to Superconductors · 9
Yttrium → Alabama, Houston, Huntsville, Since, The, This, University, YBa2Cu3O7, YBCO
related to Properties · 7
Yttrium → As, However, The, This, When, Y2O3, YN
related to Abundance · 6
Yttrium → About, American Apollo Project, Earth's, Lunar, Normally, With
related to Etymology · 6
Yttrium → Carl Axel Arrhenius, He, Sweden, The, When, Ytterby
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Yttrium → In, Oregon State University, Professor Mas Subramanian, YInMn, Yttria

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used element isotopes oxide found compounds elements also rare-earth yttria lanthanides metal stable group atomic aluminium number mass known 90y

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Yttrium87Ysynth1.00infobox
Yttrium88Ysynth1.00infobox
Yttrium89Y100%1.00infobox
Yttrium90Ysynth1.00infobox
Yttrium91Ysynth1.00infobox
YttriumAppearancesilvery white1.00infobox
Yttriumat T (K)18831.00infobox
YttriumAtomic number (Z)391.00infobox
YttriumAtomic radiusempirical: 180 pm1.00infobox
YttriumBlockd-block1.00infobox
YttriumBoiling point3203 K ​(2930 °C, ​5306 °F)1.00infobox
YttriumBrinell hardness200–589 MPa1.00infobox
YttriumBulk modulus41.2 GPa1.00infobox
YttriumCAS Number7440-65-51.00infobox
YttriumCovalent radius190±7 pm1.00infobox
YttriumCrystal structure​hexagonal close-packed (hcp) (hP2)1.00infobox
YttriumDensity (at 20° C)4.469 g/cm31.00infobox
YttriumDiscoveryJohan Gadolin (1794)1.00infobox
YttriumElectrical resistivityα, poly: 596 nΩ⋅m (at r.t.)1.00infobox
YttriumElectron configuration[Kr] 4d1 5s21.00infobox
YttriumElectronegativityPauling scale: 1.221.00infobox
YttriumElectrons per shell2, 8, 18, 9, 21.00infobox
YttriumFirst isolationFriedrich Wöhler (1838)1.00infobox
YttriumGroupgroup 31.00infobox
YttriumHeat of fusion11.42 kJ/mol1.00infobox
YttriumHeat of vaporization363 kJ/mol1.00infobox
YttriumIonization energies1st: 600 kJ/mol1.00infobox
YttriumIonization energies2nd: 1180 kJ/mol1.00infobox
YttriumIonization energies3rd: 1980 kJ/mol1.00infobox
YttriumLattice constantsa = 364.83 pm c = 573.17 pm (at 20 °C)1.00infobox

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