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== Occurrence ==
 
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Terbium is never found in nature as the free element, but it is contained in many [[mineral]]s. For instance, it occurs in [[cerite]], [[gadolinite]], [[monazite]] ((Ce,LaTh,Nd,Y)PO<sub>4</sub>, which contains up to 0.03% of terbium), [[xenotime]] (YPO<sub>4</sub>) and [[euxenite]] ((Y,Ca,Er,La,Ce,U,Th)(Nb,Ta,Ti)<sub>2</sub>O<sub>6</sub>, which contains 1% or more of terbium).
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Terbium is never found in nature as the free element, but it is contained in many [[mineral]]s. For instance, it occurs in [[cerite]], [[gadolinite]], [[monazite]] ((Ce,La,Th,Nd,Y)PO<sub>4</sub>, which contains up to 0.03% of terbium), [[xenotime]] (YPO<sub>4</sub>) and [[euxenite]] ((Y,Ca,Er,La,Ce,U,Th)(Nb,Ta,Ti)<sub>2</sub>O<sub>6</sub>, which contains 1% or more of terbium).
  
 
== History ==
 
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== References ==
 
== References ==
  
*[http://periodic.lanl.gov/elements/65.html Terbium] Los Alamos National Laboratory.
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* [http://periodic.lanl.gov/elements/65.html Terbium] Los Alamos National Laboratory, Chemistry Division. Retrieved February 22, 2007.
  
* Chang, Raymond (2006). ''Chemistry'' (ninth ed.) New York: McGraw-Hill Science/Engineering/Math. ISBN 0073221031.
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* Chang, Raymond (2006). ''Chemistry'' (ninth ed.) New York, NY: McGraw-Hill Science/Engineering/Math. ISBN 0073221031.
  
* Greenwood, N.N.; and Earnshaw, A. (1998). ''Chemistry of the Elements'' (2nd Edition). Oxford, U.K.; Burlington, Massachusetts: Butterworth-Heinemann, Elsevier Science. ISBN 0750633654. [http://www.knovel.com/knovel2/Toc.jsp?BookID=402&VerticalID=0 Online version].
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* Cotton, F. Albert; and Wilkinson, Geoffrey (1980). ''Advanced Inorganic Chemistry'' (4th ed.), New York, NY: Wiley. ISBN 0-471-02775-8.
  
* Cotton, F. Albert; and Wilkinson, Geoffrey (1980). ''Advanced Inorganic Chemistry'' (4th ed.), New York: Wiley. ISBN 0-471-02775-8.
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* Greenwood, N.N.; and Earnshaw, A. (1998). ''Chemistry of the Elements'' (2nd Edition). Oxford, UK; Burlington, Massachusetts: Butterworth-Heinemann, Elsevier Science. ISBN 0750633654. [http://www.knovel.com/knovel2/Toc.jsp?BookID=402&VerticalID=0 Online version].
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* Jones, Adrian P., Frances Wall, and C. Terry Williams (editors) (1996). ''Rare Earth Minerals: Chemistry, Origin and Ore Deposits'' (The Mineralogical Society Series). London, UK: Chapman and Hall. ISBN 0412610302 (ISBN-13: 978-0412610301).
  
 
* Stwertka, Albert (1998). ''Guide to the Elements'', Revised Edition. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-508083-1.
 
* Stwertka, Albert (1998). ''Guide to the Elements'', Revised Edition. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-508083-1.

Revision as of 17:26, 21 February 2007

65 gadoliniumterbiumdysprosium
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Tb

Bk
Tb-TableImage.png
periodic table
General
Name, Symbol, Number terbium, Tb, 65
Chemical series lanthanides
Group, Period, Block n/a, 6, f
Appearance silvery white
Tb,65.jpg
Atomic mass 158.92535(2) g/mol
Electron configuration [Xe] 4f9 6s2
Electrons per shell 2, 8, 18, 27, 8, 2
Physical properties
Phase solid
Density (near r.t.) 8.23 g/cm³
Liquid density at m.p. 7.65 g/cm³
Melting point 1629 K
(1356 °C, 2473 °F)
Boiling point 3503 K
(3230 °C, 5846 °F)
Heat of fusion 10.15 kJ/mol
Heat of vaporization 293 kJ/mol
Heat capacity (25 °C) 28.91 J/(mol·K)
Vapor pressure
P/Pa 1 10 100 1 k 10 k 100 k
at T/K 1789 1979 (2201) (2505) (2913) (3491)
Atomic properties
Crystal structure hexagonal
Oxidation states 3, 4
(weakly basic oxide)
Electronegativity ? 1.2 (Pauling scale)
Ionization energies
(more)
1st: 565.8 kJ/mol
2nd: 1110 kJ/mol
3rd: 2114 kJ/mol
Atomic radius 175 pm
Atomic radius (calc.) 225 pm
Miscellaneous
Magnetic ordering ferromagnetic
in dry ice [1]
Electrical resistivity (r.t.) (α, poly)
1.150 µΩ·m
Thermal conductivity (300 K) 11.1 W/(m·K)
Thermal expansion (r.t.) (α, poly)
10.3 µm/(m·K)
Speed of sound (thin rod) (20 °C) 2620 m/s
Speed of sound (thin rod) (r.t.) (α form) 55.7 m/s
Shear modulus (α form) 22.1 GPa
Bulk modulus (α form) 38.7 GPa
Poisson ratio (α form) 0.261
Vickers hardness 863 MPa
Brinell hardness 677 MPa
CAS registry number 7440-27-9
Notable isotopes
Main article: Isotopes of terbium
iso NA half-life DM DE (MeV) DP
157Tb syn 71 y ε 0.060 157Gd
158Tb syn 180 y ε 1.220 158Gd
β- 0.937 158Dy
159Tb 100% Tb is stable with 94 neutrons

Terbium (chemical symbol Tb, atomic number 65) is a silvery-white rare earth metal.

Occurrence

Terbium is never found in nature as the free element, but it is contained in many minerals. For instance, it occurs in cerite, gadolinite, monazite ((Ce,La,Th,Nd,Y)PO4, which contains up to 0.03% of terbium), xenotime (YPO4) and euxenite ((Y,Ca,Er,La,Ce,U,Th)(Nb,Ta,Ti)2O6, which contains 1% or more of terbium).

History

Terbium was discovered in 1843 by Swedish chemist Carl Gustaf Mosander, who detected it as an impurity in Yttrium-oxide, Y2O3, and named after the village Ytterby in Sweden. It was not isolated in pure form until the recent advent of ion exchange techniques.

Terbium is classified as a rare earth element. The term "rare" is misleading because terbium is more common than metals such as silver and mercury. The name "rare earth" meant something else to early chemists. It was used because the rare earth elements were very difficult to separate from each other. They were not "rare" in the Earth, but they were "rarely" used for anything.

Notable characteristics

Terbium is malleable, ductile, and soft enough to be cut with a knife. It is reasonably stable in air, and two crystal allotropes exist, with a transformation temperature of 1,289 °C.

Isotopes

Naturally occurring terbium is composed of 1 stable isotope, 159-Tb. 33 radioisotopes have been characterized, with the most stable being 158-Tb with a half-life of 180 years, 157-Tb with a half-life of 71 years, and 160-Tb with a half-life of 72.3 days. All of the remaining radioactive isotopes have half-lifes that are less than 6.907 days, and the majority of these have half lifes that are less than 24 seconds. This element also has 18 meta states, with the most stable being 156m1-Tb (t½ 24.4 hours), 154m2-Tb (t½ 22.7 hours) and 154m1-Tb (t½ 9.4 hours).

The primary decay mode before the most abundant stable isotope, 159-Tb, is electron capture, and the primary mode after is beta minus decay. The primary decay products before 159-Tb are element Gd (gadolinium) isotopes, and the primary products after are element Dy (dysprosium) isotopes.

Compounds

Terbium compounds include:

See also terbium compounds.

Applications

Terbium is used to dope calcium fluoride, calcium tungstate and strontium molybdate, materials that are used in solid-state devices, and as a crystal stabilizer of fuel cells which operate at elevated temperatures, together with ZrO2. Terbium is also used in alloys and in the production of electronic devices, its oxide is used in green phosphors in fluorescent lamps and color TV tubes. Sodium terbium borate is used in solid state devices.

Precautions

As with the other lanthanides, terbium compounds are of low to moderate toxicity, although their toxicity has not been investigated in detail. Terbium has no known biological role.

See also

References
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  • Terbium Los Alamos National Laboratory, Chemistry Division. Retrieved February 22, 2007.
  • Chang, Raymond (2006). Chemistry (ninth ed.) New York, NY: McGraw-Hill Science/Engineering/Math. ISBN 0073221031.
  • Cotton, F. Albert; and Wilkinson, Geoffrey (1980). Advanced Inorganic Chemistry (4th ed.), New York, NY: Wiley. ISBN 0-471-02775-8.
  • Greenwood, N.N.; and Earnshaw, A. (1998). Chemistry of the Elements (2nd Edition). Oxford, UK; Burlington, Massachusetts: Butterworth-Heinemann, Elsevier Science. ISBN 0750633654. Online version.
  • Jones, Adrian P., Frances Wall, and C. Terry Williams (editors) (1996). Rare Earth Minerals: Chemistry, Origin and Ore Deposits (The Mineralogical Society Series). London, UK: Chapman and Hall. ISBN 0412610302 (ISBN-13: 978-0412610301).
  • Stwertka, Albert (1998). Guide to the Elements, Revised Edition. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-508083-1.

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