ytterbium, Yb, atomic number
(noun) a soft silvery metallic element; a rare earth of the lanthanide series; it occurs in gadolinite and monazite and xenotime
Source: WordNet® 3.1
ytterbium (usually uncountable, plural ytterbiums)
A metallic chemical element (symbol Yb) with an atomic number of 70.
A single atom of this element.
• aldebaranium (name proposed by Baron Carl Auer von Welsbach, who isolated ytterbium and lutetium from ytterbia around 1907, which was later rejected)
• neoytterbia (former name)
Source: Wiktionary
Yt*ter"bi*um, n. Etym: [NL., fr. Ytterby, in Sweden. See Erbium.] (Chem.)
Definition: A rare element of the boron group, sometimes associated with yttrium or other related elements, as in euxenite and gadolinite. Symbol Yb; provisional atomic weight 173.2. Cf. Yttrium.
Note: Ytterbium is associated with other rare elements, and probably has not been prepared in a pure state.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
30 April 2024
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