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Yttrium (Y)
Atomic number: 39 · Category: transition metal · Group 3 · Period 5 · Phase: Solid
Yttrium is a chemical element with symbol Y and atomic number 39. It is a silvery-metallic transition metal chemically similar to the lanthanides and it has often been classified as a "rare earth element". Yttrium is almost always found combined with the lanthanides in rare earth minerals and is never found in nature as a free element.
Atomic mass: 88.905842
Density: 4.472
Melting point: 1799 K
Boiling point: 3203 K
Appearance: silvery white
Source: Wikipedia
Block: d
Molar heat: 26.53
CPK color:#94ffff
Electronic structure
Electron configuration: 1s2 2s2 2p6 3s2 3p6 4s2 3d10 4p6 5s2 4d1
Configuration (semantic): [Kr] 4d1 5s2
Shells: 2, 8, 18, 9, 2
Electronegativity (Pauling): 1.22
Electron affinity: 29.6
Ionization energies: 600, 1180, 1980, 5847, 7430, 8970, 11190, 12450, 14110, 18400, 19900, 36090
Periodic position
Group: 3
Period: 5
xpos: 3
ypos: 5
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