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Ytterbium compounds: diytterbium trisulphide

The ytterbium in diytterbium trisulphide formally is in the oxidation state 3.

Diytterbium trisulphide

Formula as often written: Yb₂S₃
Hill system formula: S₃Yb₂
CAS registry number: [12039-20-2]
Formula weight: 442.278
Class: sulphide

Synonyms

diytterbium trisulphide
ytterbium(III) sulphide
diytterbium trisulfide
ytterbium sulfide
ytterbium sulphide
ytterbium(III) sulfide

Physical properties

Colour:
Appearance: solid
Melting point:
Boiling point:
Density:

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Element analysis

Element percentages for the elements in diytterbium trisulphide
Element	%
S	21.75
Yb	78.25

Synthesis

Not available

Solid state structure

Geometry of ytterbium:
Prototypical structure:

Crystal structure of diytterbium trisulphide

Isotope pattern

What follows is the calculated isotope pattern for the Yb₂S₃ unit with the most intense ion set to 100%.

Formula: Yb₂S₃

mass  %
434   0.1 
435   0.2 
436   0.8 
437   4.8 __
438  18.2 _________
439  38.7 ___________________
440  62.5 _______________________________
441  90.5 _____________________________________________
442 100.0 __________________________________________________
443  85.8 ___________________________________________
444  95.7 ________________________________________________
445  33.6 _________________
446  54.1 ___________________________
447   4.5 __
448  14.6 _______
449   0.4 
450   1.4 _
451   0.0 
452   0.1

References

The data on these compounds pages are assembled and adapted from the primary literature and several other sources including the following.

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R.W.G. Wyckoff, in Crystal Structures, volume 1, Interscience, John Wiley & Sons, 1963.
A.R.West in Basic solid state chemistry Chemistry, John Wiley & Sons, 1999.
A.F. Wells in Structural inorganic chemistry, 4th edition, Oxford, UK, 1975.
J.D.H. Donnay, (ed.) in Crystal data determinative tables, ACA monograph number 5, American Crystallographic Association, USA, 1963.
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