Constituent Yb2(CO3)3.xH2O | SSHADE

Constituent

Name: Yb2(CO3)3.xH2O
Official name: Ytterbium carbonate hydrate

Family: ionic solid
Class: normal salt
Compound type: carbonate

Constituent abundance in material

Relevance: main - major
Arrangement: single phase
Mass fraction: 1.0
Mole fraction: 1.0

Chemical composition

Formula: $Yb_2^{3+} \cdot (CO_3)^{2-}_3 \bullet nH_2O$ (n=1,2,...)
Chemical formula: Yb2(CO3)3•nH2O
Elemental formula: (Yb3+)2 C3 (O)4-n (O-)6 (H)2-n
Isotope mixture type: terrestrial abundance

	Formula	Name	Family	Number min-max	Mole fraction	Isotope mole fraction	State	Relevance
	$Yb^{3+}$	Ytterbium cation	element	2	0.4	1	constituent cation	main
	$(CO_3)^{2-}$	Carbonate anion	chemical function	3	0.6	1	anionic radical	main
	$H_2O$	Water	molecule	1 - n		1	hydration	main

Composition comments: n= 1, 2, ...

Chemical functions and bonds

Chemical functions

	Function	Number	Relevance
	$(CO_3)^{2-}$	1
	$R-OH$	2	main

Chemical bonds

	Bond	Number	Relevance
	$\cdot (\cdot) Yb^{3+} \cdot O^{-}-$	3
	$-O \dots H-$	2 - 2n
	$-O-H$	2	main
	$\dddot - \dddot - C \dddot - O^{-2/3}$	3

Class: normal salts (07)
Type: simple normal salts (07.01)

Phase type: crystalline

Texture: polycrystalline

Physical properties

Molar mass: 544.1 (monohydrate), 562.1 (dihydrate) $g/mol$