Ytterbium Carbide is
available in numerous forms and custom shapes including Ingot, foil, rod, plate and sputtering target. High purity forms also include Carbide powder, submicron powder and nanoscale, single crystal or polycrystalline forms. Ytterbium Carbide is generally immediately available in most volumes.American Elements produces to many standard grades when applicable, including Mil Spec (military grade); ACS, Reagent and Technical Grade; Food, Agricultural and Pharmaceutical Grade; Optical Grade, USP and EP/BP (European Pharmacopoeia/British Pharmacopoeia)and follows applicable ASTM testing standards.Typical and custom packaging is available. Additional technical, research and safety (MSDS) information is available as is a Reference Calculator for converting relevant units of measurement.
Like diamond, a pure carbon compound, Carbide compounds tend to be extremely hard, refractory and resistant to wear, corrosion and heat, making them excellent candidates for coatings for drills and other tools. They often have other valuable properties in combination with toughness, such as electrical conductivity, low thermal expansion and abrasiveness.
Ytterbium has 2 valency state, +2 +3. The number of electrons in each of Ytterbium's shells is 2, 8, 18, 32, 8, 2 and its electronic configuration is [Xe]4f14 6s2. In its metallic form Ytterbium's CAS number is 7440-64-4 and its standard state at 20 şC is a solid. The Ytterbium atom has a radius of 194 pm and it's Van der Waals radius is unknown. Ytterbium is considered to be fairly toxic. On the periodic table, Ytterbium is a Block F, Group 3, Period 6 element. Ytterbium isbeing applied to numerous fiber amplifier and fiber optic technologies and in various lasing applications. Ytterbium is available as metal and compounds with purities from 99% to 99.999% (ACS grade to ultra-high purity); metals in the form of foil, sputtering target, and rod, and compounds as submicron and nanopowder. It has a single dominant absorption band at 985 in the infra-red making it useful in silicon photocells to directly convert radiant energy to electricity. Ytterbium metal increases its electrical resistance when subjected to very high stresses. This property is used in stress gauges for monitoring ground deformations from earthquakes and nuclear explosions.The name Ytterbium originates after the name for the Swedish village of Ytterby. See Ytterbium research below.
Controlled excitation of scar modes in passive and active multimode chaotic fiber.
Michel C, Doya V, Tascu S, Blanc W, Legrand O, Mortessagne F.
Appl Opt. 2009 Nov 1;48(31):G163-8. doi: 10.1364/AO.48.00G163.
PMID: 19881639 [PubMed - in process]
High-power nanosecond ytterbium-doped fiber laser passively synchronized with a femtosecond Ti:sapphire laser.
Yan M, Li W, Hao Q, Li Y, Yang K, Zhou H, Zeng H.
Opt Lett. 2009 Nov 1;34(21):3331-3333. doi: 10.1364/OL.34.003331.
PMID: 19881584 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Femtosecond and picosecond laser drilling of metals at high repetition rates and average powers.
Ancona A, Döring S, Jauregui C, Röser F, Limpert J, Nolte S, Tünnermann A.
Opt Lett. 2009 Nov 1;34(21):3304-3306. doi: 10.1364/OL.34.003304.
PMID: 19881575 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Ytterbium(III) triflate catalyzed tandem Friedel-Crafts alkylation/hydroarylation of propargylic alcohols with phenols as an expedient route to indenols.
Zhang X, Teo WT, Chan PW.
Org Lett. 2009 Nov 5;11(21):4990-3.
PMID: 19863152 [PubMed - in process]
Complexation of bisphosphonates with ytterbium(III): Application of phosphate and ATP detection assay based on Yb(3+)-pyrocatechol violet.
Gaidamauskas E, Parker H, Kashemirov BA, Holder AA, Saejueng K, McKenna CE, Crans DC.
J Inorg Biochem. 2009 Sep 20. [Epub ahead of print]
PMID: 19850352 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Single-frequency 1 W hybrid Brillouin/ytterbium fiber laser.
Guan W, Marciante JR.
Opt Lett. 2009 Oct 15;34(20):3131-2. doi: 10.1364/OL.34.003131.
PMID: 19838249 [PubMed - in process]
Intense green and red upconversion emissions from Ho(3+) in presence of Yb(3+) in Li:TeO(2) glass.
Giri NK, Rai SB, Rai A.
Spectrochim Acta A Mol Biomol Spectrosc. 2009 Sep 19. [Epub ahead of print]
PMID: 19836300 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Single-frequency 1060 nm semiconductor-optical-amplifier-based fiber laser with 40 nm tuning range.
Tang M, Tian X, Lu X, Fu S, Shum PP, Zhang Z, Liu M, Cheng Y, Liu J.
Opt Lett. 2009 Jul 15;34(14):2204-6. doi: 10.1364/OL.34.002204.
PMID: 19823549 [PubMed - in process]
Two-wavelength ytterbium-doped fiber laser with sustained relaxation oscillation.
Pan L, Utkin I, Fedosejevs R.
Appl Opt. 2009 Oct 10;48(29):5484-9. doi: 10.1364/AO.48.005484.
PMID: 19823230 [PubMed - in process]
Lewis Acid-Mediated beta-Hydride Abstraction Reactions of Divalent M(C(SiHMe(2))(3))(2)THF(2) (M = Ca, Yb).
Yan K, Upton BM, Ellern A, Sadow AD.
J Am Chem Soc. 2009 Oct 1. [Epub ahead of print]
PMID: 19795868 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Observation of a large atomic parity violation effect in ytterbium.
Tsigutkin K, Dounas-Frazer D, Family A, Stalnaker JE, Yashchuk VV, Budker D.
Phys Rev Lett. 2009 Aug 14;103(7):071601. Epub 2009 Aug 10.
PMID: 19792630 [PubMed]
Synthesis and characterization of Sn(II), Pb(II) and Yb(II) complexes supported by [C(Ph(2)P=NSiMe3){6-(2-RC5H3N)}]2- or [CH(Ph2P=NSiMe3){6-(2-RC5H3N)}]- (R = 3,5-dimethyl-1-pyrazolyl or iminophosphoranyl) ligands.
Chai ZY, Wang ZX.
Dalton Trans. 2009 Oct 14;(38):8005-12. Epub 2009 Aug 10.
PMID: 19771363 [PubMed - in process]
Observation of extreme temporal events in CW-pumped supercontinuum.
Mussot A, Kudlinski A, Kolobov M, Louvergneaux E, Douay M, Taki M.
Opt Express. 2009 Sep 14;17(19):17010-5. doi: 10.1364/OE.17.017010.
PMID: 19770919 [PubMed - in process]
Large-mode-area ytterbium-doped fiber amplifier with distributed narrow spectral filtering and reduced bend sensitivity.
Alkeskjold TT.
Opt Express. 2009 Sep 14;17(19):16394-405. doi: 10.1364/OE.17.016394.
PMID: 19770853 [PubMed - in process]
Synthesis, structure, and reaction chemistry of samarium(II), europium(II), and ytterbium(II) complexes of the unsymmetrical benzamidinate ligand [PhC(NSiMe(3))(NC(6)H(3)Pr(i)(2)-2,6)](-).
Yao S, Chan HS, Lam CK, Lee HK.
Inorg Chem. 2009 Oct 19;48(20):9936-46.
PMID: 19757783 [PubMed - in process]
Broadly tunable carrier envelope phase stable optical parametric amplifier pumped by a monolithic ytterbium fiber amplifier.
Fernández A, Zhu L, Verhoef AJ, Sidorov-Biryukov D, Pugzlys A, Baltuska A, Liao KH, Liu ChH, Galvanauskas A, Kane S, Holzwarth R, Ilday FO.
Opt Lett. 2009 Sep 15;34(18):2799-801. doi: 10.1364/OL.34.002799.
PMID: 19756109 [PubMed - in process]
Structure and photophysics of near-infrared emissive ytterbium(III) monoporphyrinate acetate complexes having neutral bidentate ligands.
He H, Sykes AG, May PS, He G.
Dalton Trans. 2009 Sep 28;(36):7454-61. Epub 2009 Jul 27.
PMID: 19727467 [PubMed - in process]
BaLn2Se4 (Ln = Er, Tm and Yb).
Bugaris DE, Ibers JA.
Acta Crystallogr C. 2009 Sep;65(Pt 9):i60-2. Epub 2009 Aug 22.
PMID: 19726843 [PubMed - in process]
Experimental investigation of radiation effect on erbium-ytterbium co-doped fiber amplifier for space optical communication in low-dose radiation environment.
Ma J, Li M, Tan L, Zhou Y, Yu S, Ran Q.
Opt Express. 2009 Aug 31;17(18):15571-7. doi: 10.1364/OE.17.015571.
PMID: 19724555 [PubMed - in process]
Quantum-limited noise performance of a femtosecond all-fiber ytterbium laser.
Prochnow O, Paschotta R, Benkler E, Morgner U, Neumann J, Wandt D, Kracht D.
Opt Express. 2009 Aug 31;17(18):15525-33. doi: 10.1364/OE.17.015525.
PMID: 19724550 [PubMed - in process]
Ytterbium Carbide is
available in numerous forms and custom shapes including Ingot, foil, rod, plate and sputtering target. High purity forms also include Carbide powder, submicron powder and nanoscale, single crystal or polycrystalline forms. Ytterbium Carbide is generally immediately available in most volumes.American Elements produces to many standard grades when applicable, including Mil Spec (military grade); ACS, Reagent and Technical Grade; Food, Agricultural and Pharmaceutical Grade; Optical Grade, USP and EP/BP (European Pharmacopoeia/British Pharmacopoeia)and follows applicable ASTM testing standards.Typical and custom packaging is available. Additional technical, research and safety (MSDS) information is available as is a Reference Calculator for converting relevant units of measurement.
Ytterbium has 2 valency state, +2 +3. The number of electrons in each of Ytterbium's shells is 2, 8, 18, 32, 8, 2 and its electronic configuration is [Xe]4f14 6s2. In its metallic form Ytterbium's CAS number is 7440-64-4 and its standard state at 20 şC is a solid. The Ytterbium atom has a radius of 194 pm and it's Van der Waals radius is unknown. Ytterbium is considered to be fairly toxic. On the periodic table, Ytterbium is a Block F, Group 3, Period 6 
element. Ytterbium is
being applied to numerous fiber amplifier and fiber optic technologies and in various lasing applications. Ytterbium is available as metal and compounds with purities from 99% to 99.999% (ACS grade to ultra-high purity); metals in the form of foil, sputtering target, and rod, and compounds as submicron and nanopowder. It has a single dominant absorption band at 985 in the infra-red making it useful in silicon photocells to directly convert radiant energy to electricity. Ytterbium metal increases its electrical resistance when subjected to very high stresses. This property is used in stress gauges for monitoring ground deformations from earthquakes and nuclear explosions.The name Ytterbium originates after the name for the Swedish village of Ytterby. See Ytterbium research below.
