Perodic Table Information

For each compound, and where possible, a formal oxidation number for each element is given, but the usefulness of this number is limited, especially so for p-block elements in particular. Based upon that oxidation number, an electronic configuration is also given but note that for more exotic compounds you should view this as a guide only.

Element	%	Formal oxidation state	Formal electronic configuration
O	12.18	-2	[He].2s².2p⁶
Yb	87.82	3	[Xe].4f¹³

Synthesis

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Solid state structure

Geometry of ytterbium:
Prototypical structure:

Crystal structure of ytterbium (III) oxide

Isotope pattern

What follows is the calculated isotope pattern for the Yb₂O₃ unit with the most intense ion set to 100%.

Formula: Yb₂O₃

mass %386 0.1 
387 0.2 
388 0.8 
389 5.2 ___
390 19.9 __________
391 41.7 _____________________
392 65.6 _________________________________
393 93.2 _______________________________________________
394 100.0 __________________________________________________
395 80.5 ________________________________________
396 90.8 _____________________________________________
397 24.1 ____________
398 47.0 ________________________
399 0.2 
400 9.6 _____
401 0.0 
402 0.1

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References

The data on these compounds pages are assembled and adapted from the primary literature and several other sources including the following.

R.T. Sanderson in Chemical Periodicity, Reinhold, New York, USA, 1960.
N.N. Greenwood and A. Earnshaw in Chemistry of the Elements, 2nd edition, Butterworth, UK, 1997.
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R.W.G. Wyckoff, in Crystal Structures, volume 1, Interscience, John Wiley & Sons, 1963.
A.R.West in Basic solid state chemistry Chemistry, John Wiley & Sons, 1999.
A.F. Wells in Structural inorganic chemistry, 4th edition, Oxford, UK, 1975.
J.D.H. Donnay, (ed.) in Crystal data determinative tables, ACA monograph number 5, American Crystallographic Association, USA, 1963.
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J.W. Mellor in A comprehensive treatise on inorganic and theoretical chemistry, volumes 1-16, Longmans, London, UK, 1922-1937.
J.E. Macintyre (ed.) in Dictionary of inorganic compounds, volumes 1-3, Chapman & Hall, London, UK, 1992.