Description & History
ru·bid·i·um (1861):
a soft silvery metallic element of the alkali metal group that reacts violently with water and bursts into flame spontaneously in air
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Element
| Symbol | Rb |
| Z | 37 |
| Atomic Weight | 85.4800034 |
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| Density | 1.53199995 |
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Edge Energies
(keV)
| K | 15.1999998 |
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| L1 | 2.06500006 |
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| L2 | 1.86300004 |
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| L3 | 1.80499995 |
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| M | 0.321999997 |
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| K-alpha | 13.3940001 |
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| K-beta | 14.96 |
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| L-alpha | 1.69400001 |
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| L-beta | 1.75199997 |
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Edge jumps
| K | 6.85163021 |
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| L1 | 1.15857828 |
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| L2 | 1.40999997 |
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| L3 | 4.22300005 |
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Fluorescence
yield
| K | 0.666999996 |
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| L1 | 0.0046000001 |
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| L2 | 0.321999997 |
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| L3 | 13.3940001 |
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