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| Erbium | Symbol | Er | | Atomic Number | 68 | Relative Atomic Mass 12C = 12.0000 | 167.259 | | Atomic Radius pm | 176 | First Ionisation Energy kJ mol -1 | 588.7 | | Electronegativity | 1.24 | | Density kg m -3 | 9066 [298 K] | | Molar Volume cm 3 | 18.44 | Thermal Conductivity W m -1 K -1 | 14.3 [300 K] | | Melting Point K | 1802 | | Boiling Point K | 3136 | | Number of Isotopes | 25 | | Inner/outer Shells | | | Inner/outer Orbitals | | | Filling Orbital | | | Ground State Electron Configuration | | | Ground State Electron Configuration with free Orbitals (n=18) | ![[Picture]](068_f.jpg) | Ground State Electron Configuration with compressed Orbitals (n=96) | ![[Picture]](068_c.jpg) | | | Singularity | | | | | | s | p | d | f | g | h | i | j | 1 | 2 | | | | | | | | 2 | 2 | 6 | | | | | | | 3 | 2 | 6 | 10 | | | | | | 4 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 12 | 2 | | | | | 5 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 14 | 18 | | | | 6 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 14 | 18 | 22 | | | 7 | | | | | | | | | 8 | | | | | | | | |
| | | | Term Symbol | 3 H 6 | | Discovery | Discovered by C.G. Mosander (Stockholm, Sweden) in 1842 | | Name Derived From | Named after Ytterby, Sweden |
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