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39 Y 88.905842 u

Element 39 · Solid at room temperature

Yttrium

Transition metals

Looks like: silvery white.

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Yttrium is a chemical element with symbol Y and atomic number 39. It is a silvery-metallic transition metal chemically similar to the lanthanides and it has often been classified as a "rare earth element". Yttrium is almost always found combined with the lanthanides in rare earth minerals and is never found in nature as a free element.

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Atomic mass

88.905842u

Density

4.472g/cm³

Melts

1799 K

Boils

3203 K

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Yttrium's family

Elements in the same column share their outer-electron count, so they behave alike.

Source

Discovered by Johan Gadolin.

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