Ytterbium Fluoride YbF3

Short Description:

Ytterbium Fluoride
Formula: YbF3
CAS No.: 13860-80-0
Purity:99.99%
Appearance: White powder

Product Detail

Product Tags

Formula: YbF3
CAS No.: 13860-80-0
Molecular Weight: 230.04
Density: 8.20 g/cm3
Melting point: 1,052° C
Appearance: White powder
Solubility: Insoluble in water, moderately soluble in strong mineral acids
Stability: Slightly hygroscopic
Multilingual: YtterbiumFluorid, Fluorure De Ytterbium, Fluoruro Del Yterbio

Application:

Ytterbium Fluoride is applied to numerous fiber amplifier and fiber optic technologies, High purity grades are widely applied as a doping agent for garnet crystals in lasers a important colourant in glasses and porcelain enamel glazes. Ytterbium Fluoride is a water insoluble Ytterbium source for use in oxygen-sensitive applications, such as metal production.

Specification

Grade	99.9999%	99.999%	99.99%	99.9%
CHEMICAL COMPOSITION
Yb2O3 /TREO (% min.)	99.9999	99.999	99.99	99.9
TREO (% min.)	81	81	81	81
Rare Earth Impurities	ppm max.	ppm	ppm max.	% max.
Tb4O7/TREO Dy2O3/TREO Ho2O3/TREO Er2O3/TREO Tm2O3/TREO Lu2O3/TREO Y2O3/TREO	0.1 0.1 0.1 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.1	1 1 1 5 5 1 3	5 5 10 25 30 50 10	0.005 0.005 0.005 0.01 0.01 0.05 0.005
Non-Rare Earth Impurities	ppm max.	ppm max.	ppm max.	% max.
Fe2O3 SiO2 CaO Cl- NiO ZnO PbO	1 10 10 30 1 1 1	3 15 15 100 2 3 2	5 50 100 300 5 10 5	0.1 0.1 0.1 0.05 0.001 0.001 0.001