MSE PRO™ Ytterbium (Yb) Metal 99.5% 2N5

Product Number: CM0130 (1 kg)
Formula: Yb
CAS Number: 7440-64-4
Molecular Weight: 173.05 g/mol
Density: 6.90 g/cm³ at 25 °C
Melting Point: 824 °C
Color: Silvery white; with a pale yellow tint
Boiling point: 1196 °C
Purity: 99.9% 2N5 (Yb/TREM*)

* TREM - Total Rare Earth Metals

Applications

Ytterbium (Yb) is a rare earth element that belongs to the lanthanide series. It is used as the source of gamma rays, in high-stability atomic clocks, as additives of stainless steel, as dopant of active media, as ion qubits for quantum computing and in stress gauges.

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Rare Earth Impurities Content (%)	Non-Rare Earth Impurities Content (%)
La<0.01	Fe<0.005
Ce<0.01	Al<0.03
Pr<0.01	Si<0.03
Sm<0.01	Ca<0.01
Eu<0.01	Mg<0.03
Y<0.01	C<0.03
	O<0.05

References

[1] Ytterbium-doped fiber laser behavior in a gamma-ray environment. In Photonics for Space Environments X, vol. 5897, pp. 129-137. SPIE, 2005.

[2] Ytterbium in quantum gases and atomic clocks: van der Waals interactions and blackbody shifts. Physical review letters 109, no. 23 (2012): 230802.

[3] Impact of gamma-ray radiation-induced photodarkening on mode instability degradation of an ytterbium-doped fiber amplifier. Optics Express 26, no. 16 (2018): 20430-20441.

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