Thulium (Tm)
lanthanideSolid
标准原子量
168.93422 u电子排布
[Xe] 6s2 4f13熔点
1544.85 °C沸点
1949.85 °C密度
9320 kg/m³氧化态
0, +1, +2, +3电负性（鲍林）
1.25第一电离能
6.184402 eV发现年份
1879原子半径
175 pm详细信息
Thulium is a lanthanide rare-earth metal and the least abundant stable lanthanide in Earth’s crust. It is chemically typical of the series, forming mainly Tm³⁺ compounds with a high affinity for oxygen and halogens. The element is not scarce enough to be unattainable, but it is dispersed and difficult to separate from neighboring lanthanides. Its technological importance is concentrated in isotope sources, specialty lasers, and optical materials rather than bulk structural use.
Thulium can be isolated by reduction of the oxide with lanthanum metal or by calcium reduction of a closed container. The element is silver-gray, soft, malleable, and ductile, and can be cut with a knife. Twenty five isotopes are known, with atomic masses ranging from 152 to 176. Natural thulium, which is 100% 169Tm, is stable.
The name derives from Thule, the earliest name for the northernmost part of the civilized world—Scandinavia. It was discovered in 1879 by the Swedish chemist Per Theodor Cleve in a sample of erbium mineral. Thulium was first isolated by the American chemist Charles James in 1911.
Thulium was discovered by Per Theodor Cleve, a Swedish chemist, in 1879. Cleve used the same method Carl Gustaf Mosander used to discover lanthanum, erbium and terbium, he looked for impurities in the oxides of other rare earth elements. He started with erbia, the oxide of erbium (Er2O3), and removed all of the known contaminants. After further processing, he obtained two new materials, one brown and the other green. Cleve named the brown material holmia and the green material thulia. Holmia is the oxide of the element holmium and thulia is the oxide of the element thulium. Today, thulium is primarily obtained through an ion exchange process from monazite sand ((Ce, La, Th, Nd, Y)PO4), a material rich in rare earth elements that can contain as much as 0.007% thulium.
Named after Thule, the earliest name for Scandinavia. Discovered in 1879 by Cleve. Thulium occurs in small quantities along with other rare earths in a number of minerals. It is obtained commercially from monazite, which contains about 0.007% of the element. Thulium is the least abundant of the rare earth elements, but with new sources recently discovered, it is now considered to be about as rare as silver,gold, or cadmium.
Pure thulium is a soft, malleable, silvery metal. It slowly tarnishes in air as oxide forms on the surface and reacts more readily when heated. Like many lanthanides, it can be cut with a knife and is normally stored to limit oxidation.
Thulium has specialized uses where its nuclear or optical properties are useful. Neutron-activated ¹⁷⁰Tm produces ¹⁷⁰Tm, a portable gamma and X-ray source formerly used in industrial radiography and still of technical interest where compact sealed sources are suitable. Thulium-doped yttrium aluminium garnet, commonly written Y₃Al₅O₁₂:Tm, and other host crystals are used in solid-state lasers near the two-micrometre infrared region. Thulium-doped silica fibers are also used in fiber lasers and amplifiers. Small amounts may be used in research alloys and magnetic studies, but there is no large-volume elemental application.
Thulium is the least abundant of the naturally occurring rare earth elements. Metallic thulium is relatively expensive and has only recently become available. It currently has no commercial applications, although one of its isotopes, thulium-169, could be used as a radiation source for portable X-ray machines.
Thulium forms no commercially important compounds. Some of thulium's compounds include: thulium oxide (Tm2O3), thulium fluoride (TmF3) and thulium iodide (TmI3).
Because of the relatively high price of the metal, thulium has not yet found many practical applications. 169Tm bombarded in a nuclear reactor can be used as a radiation source in portable X-ray equipment. 171Tm is potentially useful as an energy source. Natural thulium also has possible use in ferrites (ceramic magnetic materials) used in microwave equipment, and can be used for doping fiber lasers. As with other lanthanides, thulium has a low-to-moderate acute toxic rating. It should be handled with care.
Isotopes in Industry
170Tm (with a half-life of about 130 days) is used in the petrochemical industry for industrial radiography to test welds in pipes and tanks [486] Industrial Applications of Sealed Radiation Sources and Alternative Non Nuclear Technologies, Final Report, 68-D-00-210, p. 37. Trinity Engineering Associates Ohio (2002)..
Isotopes in Medicine
167Tm (with a half-life of 9.2 days) is useful for tumor and bone studies [487] F. Tárkányi, A. Hermanne, S. Takács, B. Király, I. Spahn, A. V. Ignatyuk. Appl. Radiat. Isot.68, 250 (2010).. Stable 169Tm can be bombarded in a nuclear reactor to create 170Tm, via the 169Tm (n, γ) 170Tm reaction, which emits X-rays and has been used in portable X-ray equipment as a radiation source [488] D. Granero, J. Pérez-Calatayud, F. Ballester, A. J. Bos, J. Venselaar. Radiat. Prot. Dosimetry118, 11 (2006).. 170Tm has been used in high-dose-rate (HDR) brachytherapy [489] F. Ballester, D. Granero, J. Perez-Calatayud, J. L. Venselaar, M. J. Rivard. Med. Phys.37, 1629 (2010). and for use in radiosynovectomy of medium sized joints (Fig. IUPAC.69.1) [490] A. Polyak, T. Das, S. Chakraborty, R. Kiraly, G. Dabasi, R. P. Joba, C. Jakab, J. Thuroczy, Z. Postenyi, V. Haasz, G. Janoki, G. A. Janoki, M. R. A. Pillai, L. Balogh. Cancer Biother. Radiopharm.29, 330 (2014)..
Thulium chemistry is dominated by the +3 oxidation state. Thulium(III) oxide, Tm₂O₃, is the common oxide and is a useful starting material for preparing other salts and optical ceramics. Thulium(III) chloride, TmCl₃, and thulium(III) fluoride, TmF₃, are representative halides; the fluoride is sparingly soluble and useful in separations and fluoride materials. A +2 state is known in some strongly reducing solid compounds, but it is much less stable than Tm³⁺ in ordinary aqueous chemistry. In solution, Tm³⁺ salts are typically pale green to nearly colorless depending on concentration and ligand field.
See more information at the Thulium compound page.
Metallic thulium has low acute chemical toxicity compared with many heavy metals, but fine powder is a fire hazard and can react with air or moisture. Soluble thulium salts should be handled as toxic laboratory chemicals because rare-earth ions can affect biological processes at elevated exposure. Radioactive ¹⁷⁰Tm presents an external radiation hazard and an internal hazard if contamination occurs; sealed sources require isotope-specific controls.
Thulium occurs naturally only as a minor constituent of rare-earth minerals, especially minerals that contain the heavy lanthanides. Weathering releases it mainly as Tm³⁺, which tends to bind to clays, oxides, phosphates, and organic matter rather than remain highly mobile. It has no known biological role. Environmental concentrations are usually very low, so ecological effects are mainly a concern near rare-earth mining, processing, or disposal sites.
Thulium is obtained as a by-product of rare-earth extraction rather than mined for its own sake. Sources include ion-adsorption clays and minerals such as monazite and xenotime that contain small fractions of heavy rare earths. Separation relies on solvent extraction, ion exchange, and conversion through oxide or salt intermediates, with cost driven more by separation complexity than by absolute crustal scarcity. Demand is small and specialized, so supply is tied to broader rare-earth processing rather than an independent commodity chain. Recycling is limited because applications use small amounts in dispersed devices or sealed sources.
Found with other rare earths in the minerals gadolinite, euxenite, xenotime, and monazite. Monazite is often 50% rare earth by weight and 0.007% thulium.
Thulium is a rare cosmic element produced mainly by neutron-capture processes in evolved stars and stellar explosions. Its odd atomic number and position among the heavy lanthanides make it much less abundant than lighter rock-forming elements and less abundant than several neighboring rare earths. In planets and meteorites it follows refractory lithophile behavior and partitions with other rare-earth elements rather than forming native metal.
- Thulium is the least abundant lanthanide that has a stable isotope.
- Natural thulium is essentially all ¹⁶⁹Tm.
- ¹⁷⁰Tm can be made by neutron irradiation of ¹⁶⁹Tm.
- Thulium was named after Thule, a classical name associated with the far north.
- Despite its rarity among lanthanides, thulium is more abundant in Earth’s crust than silver.
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性质
物理性质
- 原子半径（经验值）
- 175 pm 比较所有元素的原子半径（经验值） →
- 共价半径
- 190 pm 比较所有元素的共价半径 →
- 范德华半径
- 227 pm 比较所有元素的范德华半径 →
- 密度
- 9320 kg/m³ 比较所有元素的密度 →
- 摩尔体积
- 0.0181 L/mol
- 标准温度和压力下的物相
- 固态 比较所有元素的标准温度和压力下的物相 →
- 熔点
- 1544.85 °C 比较所有元素的熔点 →
- 沸点
- 1949.85 °C 比较所有元素的沸点 →
- 比热容
- 0.16 J/(g·K) 比较所有元素的比热容 →
- 摩尔热容
- 27.03 J/(mol·K) 比较所有元素的摩尔热容 →
- 晶体结构
- 六方密堆积 比较所有元素的晶体结构 →
化学性质
- 电负性（鲍林）
- 1.25 比较所有元素的电负性（鲍林） →
- 电子亲和能
- 1.029 eV
- 第一电离能
- 6.184402 eV 比较所有元素的第一电离能 →
- 第二电离能
- 12.065042 eV 比较所有元素的第二电离能 →
- 第三电离能
- 23.660081 eV 比较所有元素的第三电离能 →
- 第四电离能
- 42.410146 eV 比较所有元素的第四电离能 →
- 第五电离能
- 65.400225 eV 比较所有元素的第五电离能 →
- 氧化态
- 0, +1, +2, +3 比较所有元素的氧化态 →
- 价电子
- 3 比较所有元素的价电子 →
- 电子排布
- [Xe] 6s2 4f13
热力学性质
- 熔化热
- 0.12437166 eV 比较所有元素的熔化热 →
- 汽化热
- 1.979582 eV 比较所有元素的汽化热 →
- 升华热
- 2.404519 eV
- 原子化热
- 2.404519 eV
- 原子化焓
- 2.406592 eV
核性质
- 质子
- 69 比较所有元素的质子 →
- 中子
- 100 比较所有元素的中子 →
- 已知同位素
- 39 比较所有元素的已知同位素 →
- 稳定同位素
- 1 比较所有元素的稳定同位素 →
- 最稳定同位素
- Tm-169
- 发现年份
- 1879
丰度
- 丰度（地壳）
- 0.52 mg/kg 比较所有元素的丰度（地壳） →
- 丰度（海洋）
- 1.7 × 10−7 mg/L 比较所有元素的丰度（海洋） →
晶体结构
- 晶格常数a
- 354 pm
电子结构
- 各电子层电子数
- 2, 8, 18, 31, 8, 2 比较所有元素的各电子层电子数 →
标识符
- CAS登记号
- 7440-30-4 比较所有元素的CAS登记号 →
- 谱项符号
- 2F°7/2
- InChI
- InChI=1S/Tm
- InChI Key
- FRNOGLGSGLTDKL-UHFFFAOYSA-N
电子排布 实测值
Tm: 4f¹³ 6s²[Xe] 4f¹³ 6s²1s² 2s² 2p⁶ 3s² 3p⁶ 3d¹⁰ 4s² 4p⁶ 4d¹⁰ 5s² 5p⁶ 4f¹³ 6s²原子模型
不同同位素的中子数、质量和稳定性不同，但中性原子的电子排布不变。
原子模型示意图，未按比例绘制。
原子指纹
发射 / 吸收光谱
同位素分布
| 质量数 | 原子质量（u） | 天然丰度 | 半衰期 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 169 稳定 | 168.9342179 ± 0.0000022 | 100.0000% | 稳定 |
物相 / 状态
原因: 低于熔点（1544.85 °C）1519.8 °C
示意图，未按比例绘制
相变点
相变能
在熔点熔化1 mol物质所需的能量
在沸点汽化1 mol物质所需的能量
在升华点升华1 mol物质所需的能量
密度
标准条件下
标准条件下
原子光谱
已显示10项，共69项。 按离子电荷升序排列。
收录能级 ?
| 离子 | 电荷 | 能级 |
|---|---|---|
| Tm I | 0 | 631 |
| Tm II | +1 | 367 |
| Tm III | +2 | 128 |
| Tm IV | +3 | 8 |
| Tm V | +4 | 2 |
| Tm VI | +5 | 2 |
| Tm VII | +6 | 2 |
| Tm VIII | +7 | 2 |
| Tm IX | +8 | 2 |
| Tm X | +9 | 2 |
离子半径
| 电荷 | 配位 | 自旋 | 半径 |
|---|---|---|---|
| +2 | 6 | 暂无 | 103 pm |
| +2 | 7 | 暂无 | 109.00000000000001 pm |
| +3 | 6 | 暂无 | 88 pm |
| +3 | 8 | 暂无 | 99.4 pm |
| +3 | 9 | 暂无 | 105.2 pm |
化合物
同位素 (1)
| 质量数 | 原子质量（u） | 天然丰度 | 半衰期 | 衰变方式 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 169 稳定 | 168.9342179 ± 0.0000022 | 100.0000% | 稳定 | stable |
扩展性质
共价半径（扩展）
- 共价半径（Pyykkö）
- 164 pm
- 共价半径（Pyykkö，双键）
- 131 pm
范德华半径
- Alvarez
- 279 pm
- UFF
- 337.4 pm
- MM3
- 267 pm
原子半径与金属半径
- 原子半径（Rahm）
- 271 pm
编号标度
- Mendeleev
- 37
- Pettifor
- 22
- Glawe
- 20
电负性标度
- Ghosh
- 0
- Miedema
- 3
- Gunnarsson–Lundqvist
- 6
- Robles–Bartolotti
- 5
极化率与色散
- 偶极极化率
- 144 a.u.
- 偶极极化率（不确定度）
- 15 a.u.
- C₆ (Gould–Bučko)
- 2020 Ha·Bohr6
Miedema参数
- Miedema摩尔体积
- 18.12 cm3/mol
- Miedema电子密度
- 2
供应风险与经济性
- 生产集中度
- 97
- 相对供应风险
- 10
- 储量分布
- 50
- 政治稳定性（最大生产国）
- 24
- 政治稳定性（最大储量国）
- 24
相变与同素异形体
| 熔点 | 1818.15 K |
| 沸点 | 2223.15 K |
氧化态分类
高级参考数据
屏蔽常数 (13)
| n | 轨道 | σ |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | s | 1.3437 |
| 2 | p | 4.3588 |
| 2 | s | 18.0522 |
| 3 | d | 13.6257 |
| 3 | p | 20.5239 |
| 3 | s | 21.0816 |
| 4 | d | 36.056 |
| 4 | f | 40.366 |
| 4 | p | 33.012 |
| 4 | s | 31.8624 |
晶体半径详情 (5)
| 电荷 | CN | 自旋 | rcrystal (pm) | 来源 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | VI | 117 | ||
| 2 | VII | 123 | ||
| 3 | VI | 102 | from r^3 vs V plots, | |
| 3 | VIII | 113.4 | from r^3 vs V plots, | |
| 3 | IX | 119.2 | from r^3 vs V plots, |
同位素衰变方式 (58)
| 同位素 | 模式 | 强度 |
|---|---|---|
| 144 | p | — |
| 144 | B+ | — |
| 145 | p | 100% |
| 146 | p | 100% |
| 146 | B+ | — |
| 146 | B+p | — |
| 147 | B+ | 85% |
| 147 | p | 15% |
| 148 | B+ | 100% |
| 148 | B+p | — |
X射线散射因子 (514)
| 能量 (eV) | f₁ | f₂ |
|---|---|---|
| 10 | — | 0.17918 |
| 10.1617 | — | 0.18356 |
| 10.3261 | — | 0.18805 |
| 10.4931 | — | 0.19265 |
| 10.6628 | — | 0.19737 |
| 10.8353 | — | 0.2022 |
| 11.0106 | — | 0.20714 |
| 11.1886 | — | 0.21221 |
| 11.3696 | — | 0.21741 |
| 11.5535 | — | 0.22273 |
补充数据
Estimated Crustal Abundance
The estimated element abundance in the earth's crust.
5.2×10-1 milligrams per kilogram
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Estimated Oceanic Abundance
The estimated element abundance in the earth's oceans.
1.7×10-7 milligrams per liter
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