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Rubidium Metal

 

Chemical Name: Rubidium

Chemical Formula: Rb

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  
Particle Shape  
Screen Analysis  
Crystallography hexagonal structure

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Vacuum sealed in glass ampoules

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