Rubidium (Rb)

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Rubidium 37Rb85.4678


1861 von R.W. Bunsen und G. Kirchhoff an der Universität Heidelberg, Deutschland, entdeckt.

[Lateinisch, rubidius = dunkelrot]

French: rubidium
English: rubidium
Italian: rubidio
Spanish: rubidio


Beschreibung: Sehr weiches Metall, frische Schnittflächen sind glänzend silberweiß. Entzündet sich an Luft und reagiert heftig mit Wasser. Außer in der Forschung wenig verwendet.

  


Further Materials properties

 

Crystal structure:

(cell dimensions/pm), space group, 
b.c.c. (a=562) Im3m

X-ray diffractions mass absorption coefficients: CuKa 117 (µ/r) / cm2g-1
MoKa 90 (µ/r) / cm2g-1
Neutron scattering length: 0.709 b/10-12 cm
Thermal neutron capture cross-section: 0.38 sa / barns
Density: 1532 kg/m-3 [293 K]; 1475 [liquid at m.p.]
Melting point: 39.05°C / 312.2°K
Boiling point: 687.85°C / 961°K
Molar volume: 55.79 cm3
Thermal conductivity: 58.2 [300 K] W m-1K-1
Coefficient of linear thermal expansion: 90 x 10-6 K-1
Electrical resistivity: 12.5 x 10-8 [293 K] Ωm
Mass magnetic susceptibility: +2.49 x 10-9(s) kg-1m3
Radi: Rb+ 149; atomic 247.5; van der Waals 244
Electronegativity: 0.82 (Pauling); 0.89 (Allred); 2.34 eV (absolute)
Effective nuclear charge: 2.20 (Slater); 4.98 (Clementi); 6.66 (Froese-Fischer)
Number of Isotopes (incl. nuclear isomers): 30
Isotope mass range: 75 -> 98

 

 


Biological data

 

Biological role: Rubidium has no known role; its salts have a stimulatory effect.
Toxicity
Toxic intake: can be toxic by ingestion.
Lethal intake: LD50 (chloride, oral, mouse) = 3800 mg kg-1
Hazards: Rubidium salts are generally inert, and their toxicity is almost always that of the anion, not of the Rb+. However, in the body, rubidium substitutes for potassium and too much can be dangerous.
Level in humans
Blood: 2.49 mg dm-3
Bone: 0.1 - 5 ppm
Liver: 20 - 70 ppm
Muscle: 20 - 70 ppm
Daily dietary intake: 1.5 - 6 mg 
Total mass of element in average
[70 kg] person:

680 mg 


Geological data

 Minerals: No minerals as such are known, but rubidium is present in significant amounts in lepidolite (see lithium), pollucite(see caesium) and carnallite (see potassium).

World production: n.a.
Reserves: n.a.
Specimen: available as ingots in sealed ampoules. Danger!

 

Abundances  
Sun: 400 (relative to H = 1 x 1012)
Earth's crust: 90 ppm
Seawater 0.12 ppm
Residence time: 800 000 years
Classification: accumulating
Oxidation state: I

  Source: Emsley, J. (1998) The Elements (3rd Edition)

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