Lutetium is a chemical element with the symbol Lu and atomic number of 71. It has a period of 6 and belongs in the Lanthanide group.
Lanthanum and lutetium: lantanides group Actinium and lawrentium: actinides group
For most practical purposes, lutetium can be regarded as stable, though it is slightly radioactive. 97.41% of lutetium found in nature is stable, and 2.59% is of an isotope with a half life of 37,800,000,000 years. Like all other elements, lutetium has synthetic radioactive isotopes.
If you think to the electron configuration of lutetium this is: [Xe]4f14.5d1.6s2.
6th and 7th period are the longest period of the perodic table
Lutetium's compounds always contain the element in the oxidation state +3. Lutetium metal is slightly unstable in air at standard conditions, but it burns readily at 150 °C to form lutetium oxide. In reaction with water it is slow when cold and fast when hot; lutetium hydroxide is formed in the reaction. All halide salts (except fluoride) are soluble in water. Lutetium dissolves readily in weak acids and dilute sulfuric acid to form solutions containing the colorless lutetium ions, which exist as a [Lu(H2O)9]3+ complex (nonate, hydrate) ions.
Lutetium is classified under Group 3, an element under Lanthanides.
Lanthanum and lutetium: lantanides group Actinium and lawrentium: actinides group
Lanthanum and lutetium are members of the lanthanoids family.Actinium and lawrencium are members of the actinoids family.
There are 2 valence electrons in lutetium. It belongs to group 3 of the periodic table, so it has 2 electrons in its outermost shell.
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Lutetium is an chemical element in the periodic table, symbol Lu, atomic number 71. It is a silvery-white metal and the first of the sixth-period transition metals.
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Lutetium bromide
Lutetium has the oxidation state +3.
For most practical purposes, lutetium can be regarded as stable, though it is slightly radioactive. 97.41% of lutetium found in nature is stable, and 2.59% is of an isotope with a half life of 37,800,000,000 years. Like all other elements, lutetium has synthetic radioactive isotopes.
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If you think to the electron configuration of lutetium this is: [Xe]4f14.5d1.6s2.