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Ytterbium
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What's The Definition Of Ytterbium?
[n] a soft silvery metallic element; a rare earth of the lanthanide series; it occurs in gadolinite and monazite and xenotime
Synonyms | Synonyms for Ytterbium: atomic number 70 | Yb Related Terms | Find terms related to Ytterbium: See Also | gadolinite | metal | metallic element | monazite | xenotime | ytterbite Ytterbium In Webster's Dictionary \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.
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