Ion Yb²⁺

Symbol	Yb2+
Number	70
Atomic weight	173.0450000
Latin name	Ytterbium
English name	Ytterbium

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Electronic configuration of of Ytterbium

Yb: 1s² 2s² 2p⁶ 3s² 3p⁶ 4s² 3d¹⁰ 4p⁶ 5s² 4d¹⁰ 5p⁶ 6s² 4f¹⁴ → Yb²⁺:1s²2s²2p⁶3s²3p⁶4s²3d¹⁰4p⁶5s²4d¹⁰5p⁶6s²4f¹²

Same electronic configuration has an ion of Ytterbium +2 and Er, Lu⁺³, Hf⁺⁴, Ta⁺⁵, W⁺⁶, Re⁺⁷, Os⁺⁸

The order of filling the shells with electrons of Ytterbium (Yb²⁺): 1s → 2s → 2p → 3s → 3p → 4s → 3d → 4p → 5s → 4d → 5p → 6s → 4f → 5d → 6p → 7s → 5f → 6d → 7p.

On the sub level ‘s’ there might be 2 electrons at most, on ‘p’ - up to 6, on ‘d’ - up to 10 and up to 14 on ‘f’

Ytterbium has 70 electrons, let's fill electronic layers in described order:

2 electrons on 1s-sub level

2 electrons on 2s-sub level

6 electrons on 2p-sub level

2 electrons on 3s-sub level

6 electrons on 3p-sub level

2 electrons on 4s-sub level

10 electrons on 3d-sub level

6 electrons on 4p-sub level

2 electrons on 5s-sub level

10 electrons on 4d-sub level

6 electrons on 5p-sub level

2 electrons on 6s-sub level

12 electrons on 4f-sub level

Oxidation state of Ytterbium

Atoms of Ytterbium in compounds have an oxidation state of 3, 2.

The oxidation state is the conditional charge of an atom in a compound: the bond in a molecule between atoms is based on the sharing of electrons, thus, if the atom’s charge virtually increases, then the oxidation state is negative (electrons carry a negative charge), if the charge decreases, then the oxidation state is positive.

Oxidation state of an ion Yb²⁺ = 2

Ions of Ytterbium

Valence of Yb²⁺

Atoms of Ytterbium in compounds have valence III, II.

Valence of Ytterbium is an ability of an atom Yb to build chemical bounds. The valence is based on electronic configuration of atom: electrons participated in chemical bounds are known as valence electrons. In general the valence is:

The number of possible chemical bounds with other atoms

The valence has no sign.

Quantum numbers Yb ²⁺

Quantum numbers are defined by the last electron in configuration, for an ion Yb these numbers are N = 4, L = 3, M_l = 1, M_s = -½

Filling an electronic configuration (gif):



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