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Primary XPS region: Y3d
Overlapping regions: Si2s
Binding energies of common chemical states:
Chemical state | Binding energy Y3d5/2 |
---|---|
Y metal | 156 eV |
Y2O3 | 156.4 eV |
Y carbonate | 157.7 eV |
Experimental information
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Interpretation of XPS spectra
General comments
About this element
Symbol: Y
Date of discovery: 1794
Name origin: Ytterby, Sweden
Appearance: silvery
Discoverer: Johann Gadolin
Obtained from: monazite, bastnasite
Melting point: 1799 K
Boiling point: 3609 K
Density[kg/m3]: 4472
Molar volume: 19.88 × 10-6 m3/mol
Protons/Electrons: 39
Neutrons: 50
Shell structure: 2,8,18,9,2
Electron configuration: [Kr]4d15s2
Oxidation state: 3
Crystal structure: hexagonal
Although it is never found unbound in nature, yttrium is commonly found in rare-earth metals. Yttrium is chemically similar to lanthanides and relatively stable in air. Yttrium compounds give color television its red color. Ytterby, a Swedish village, is located near a quarry that contained minerals comprised of rare earth elements and other elements. This village gave way to the name of this and three other elements. Samples of lunar rocks from the Apollo program yielded a relatively high content of yttrium. Yttrium has no known biological role and is not normally found in human tissue.