All about Lutetium: Properties, Color, Uses and more... 2022

Welcome to my Lutetium element data sheet page.

On this page I'll provide comprehensive data for Lutetium. I hope you profit from it.

Lutetium Overview

Name Origin

Named for the ancient name of Paris, Lutecia.

Symbol

Lu (Lutetium)

Description

Silvery-white, hard, dense, rare earth metal.

Discovery

Discovered By: Georges Urbain
Year: 1907
Location: France

Sources

Found with ytterbium in gadolinite and xenotime. Usually obtained from monazite sand which is ofter 50% rare earth by weight and 0.003% lutetium.

Uses

It has no practical applications.

State at 20 °C

Solid

Group

Group Name: Rare Earth 
Group in periodic table: 0
Period in periodic table: 6

Atomic Number

71

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Atomic Mass

174,967

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Stable Isotopes

Lu175 percent abundance: 97.41% Lu176 percent abundance: 2.59%

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Radioactive Isotopes

Lu169-174, Lu177

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Atomic Structure

Crystalline Structure

Hexagonal

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Shells

Electrons per energy level: 2,8,18,32,9,2

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Electron Configuration

1s2 2s2 2p6 3s2 3p6 4 s2 3 d10 4 p6 5 s2 4 d10 5 p6 6 s2 5 d1 4 f14

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Abbreviated Configuration

[Xe] 4f14 5d1 6s2

Valence Electrons

3

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Atom Size

Atomic Radius

2.25 Ã…

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Covalent Radius

1.56 Ã…

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Ionic Radius

.98 (+3) Ã…

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Molar Volume

17.78 cm³/mol

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Chemical Properties

Electronegativity

1,27

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Electron Affinity

33 kilojoules per mole

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Common Oxidation States

3

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First Ionization Energy

523.5 kilojoules per mole

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First Ionization Potential

5.4259 V

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Second Ionization Potential

13.888 V

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Third Ionization Potential

20.957 V

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Physical Properties

Density

9.85 g/cm³

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Electrical Conductivity

0.0185 10^6/cm ohm

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Thermal Conductivity

0.164 W/cmK

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Elastic Modulus

84 10³ MPa

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Coefficient of Thermal Expansion

8.2 10^-6 K^-1

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Heat Properties

Other heat related physical properties:

Melting Point

1663°C

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Boiling Point

3402°C

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Specific Heat

0.15 J/gK

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Heat of Fusion

18.60 kJ/mol

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Heat of Vaporization

355.90 kJ/mol

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