CAS 7440-64-4 Ytterbium Nanofoil - Materials / Alfa Chemistry

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Ytterbium Nanofoil

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Catalog Number

ACM7440644

CAS Number

7440-64-4

Product Name

Ytterbium Nanofoil

Category

Evaporation Materials

IUPAC Name

ytterbium

Molecular Weight

173.04g/mol

Molecular Formula

Canonical SMILES

[Yb]

InChI

InChI=1S/Yb

InChI Key

NAWDYIZEMPQZHO-UHFFFAOYSA-N

Boiling Point

1196 °C

Melting Point

824 °C

Purity

99.9%, 99.99%, 99.999%

Density

6.9 g/cm³ (20 °C)

Appearance

Silvery solid

Application

The Ytterbium Nanofoil is designed to leverage the unique properties of ytterbium for advanced technological applications. It plays a crucial role in enhancing fiber amplifier and fiber optic technologies, as well as being integral in various laser systems. Known for its increasing electrical resistance under extreme stress, ytterbium contributes to essential stress gauges used for monitoring seismic and nuclear activities. Additionally, Ytterbium Nanofoil serves as a dopant to improve the grain refinement and mechanical strength of materials like stainless steel. In specialized applications, its alloys are even used in dentistry and thermal barrier coatings on metal substrates. The nanofoil's adaptability extends further, as it can be employed in the medical field using the isotope 169Yb for radiation sources in portable X-ray machines, as well as in nuclear medicine. Overall, the Ytterbium Nanofoil represents a versatile tool with applications spanning from industrial to medical fields, capitalizing on the metal's unique properties and wide-ranging potential uses.

Complexity

Covalently-Bonded Unit Count

EC Number

231-173-2

Electrical Resistivity

2.50 µΩ·cm

Exact Mass

173.938867g/mol

Formal Charge

Hazard Statements

H228-H302-H312-H315-H319-H332-H335

HeatOfFusion