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