Lutetium was independently discovered in 1907 by French scientist Georges Urbain, Austrian mineralogist Baron Carl Auer von Welsbach, and American chemist Charles James.
Name: Lutetium
Symbol: Lu
Atomic number: 71
Atomic weight: 174.97
State: solid
Group, period, block: n/a, 6, f
Color: silvery white
Classification: lanthanide
Electron configuration: 6s2 4f14 5d1
2,8,18,32,9,2
Physical properties
Density: 9.841 g/cm-3
Melting point: 1925 K,1652 °C,3006 °F
Boiling point: 3675 K,3402 °C,6156 °F
Atomic properties
Oxidation states: 3, 2, 1
Electronegativity: 1.27 (Pauling scale)
Ionization energies: 1st: 523.5 kJ·mol-1
Covalent radius: 187±8 pm
Van der Waals radius: no data
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Electron Configuration
Isotopes
There are two naturally occurring isotopes of lutetium exist, 175Lu, and 176Lu.