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ytterbium


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  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Ytterbium  \Yt*ter"bi*um\,  n.  [NL.,  fr  Ytterby  in  Sweden.  See 
  {Erbium}.]  (Chem.) 
  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. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  ytterbium 
  n  :  a  soft  silvery  metallic  element;  a  rare  earth  of  the 
  lanthanide  series;  it  occurs  in  gadolinite  and  monazite 
  and  xenotime  [syn:  {Yb},  {atomic  number  70}] 
 
  From  Elements  database  20001107  [elements]: 
 
  ytterbium 
  Symbol:  Yb 
  Atomic  number:  70 
  Atomic  weight:  173.04 
  Silvery  metallic  element  of  the  lanthanoids.  Seven  natural  isotopes  and 
  ten  artificial  isotopes  are  known  Used  in  certain  steels.  Discovered  by 
  J.D.G.  Marignac  in  1878. 
 
 




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