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Rubidium Metal
Designations:
Chemical Name: Rubidium
Chemical Formula: Rb
Description:
Rubidium is a soft, silvery-white metal belonging to the alkali group. It is second in the categories of most electropositive and most alkaline elements. Rubidium forms amalgams with mercury and alloys with gold, cesium, sodium, and potassium. It is highly reactive; igniting spontaneously in air and reacting vigorously in water. Rubidium has a high heat capacity and heat transfer coefficient.
Solid ingot sealed in glass
| Atomic Number | 37 |
| Molecular Weight (g/mol.) | 85.47 |
| Apparent Density (g/cm3) | 1.532 |
| Bulk Density (g/cm3) | |
| Specific Heat @25°C (cal/g-°C) | .0792 |
| Melting Point (°C) | 38.9 |
| Boiling Point (°C) | 688 |
| Thermal Conductivity (cal/s-cm°C) | .07 |
| Mohs Hardness @20°C | .3 |
| Surface Area (m2/g) | |
| pH | |
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| Screen Analysis | |
| Crystallography | hexagonal structure |
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Vacuum sealed in glass ampoules
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