ytterbium

A sample of ytterbium

A c. 1850 photograph of Swiss chemist Jean Charles Galissard de Marignac (1817–1894), who discovered ytterbium in 1878

From Ytterby (“a town in Sweden”) +‎ -ium, the same etymological source as yttrium, terbium, and erbium.

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ɪˈtɜː.bi.əm/
• (General American) enPR: ĭtûr'bēəm, IPA^(key): /ɪˈtɝ.bi.əm/
• Hyphenation: yt‧terb‧ium

ytterbium (usually uncountable, plural ytterbiums)

1. A metallic chemical element (symbol Yb) with an atomic number of 70.
   • 1883, H[enry] Carrington Bolton, “List of New Elements Announced since 1877”, in An Account of the Progress in Chemistry in the Year 1882. [...] From the Smithsonian Report for 1882, Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, OCLC 39628609, page 6:

     At a meeting of the Russian Chemical Society held October 20, 1881 (and reported in the Bulletin de la Société Chimique de Paris, for August, 1882), Mendelejeff [Dmitri Mendeleev], the distinguished author of the periodic law, remarked that only two of the recently announced elements—scandium and ytterbium—had been satisfactorily confirmed. These have been obtained in a pure state by [Lars Fredrik] Nilson, and neither of them has absorption spectra.

   • 1991, John D. Corbett, “Coproportionation Routes to Reduced Lanthanide Halides”, in G[erd] Meyer and L[ester] R. Morss, editor, Synthesis of Lanthanide and Actinide Compounds (Topics in F-element Chemistry; 2), Dordrecht: Kluwer Academic Publishers, →ISBN, page 160:

     The lanthanides samarium, europium and ytterbium possess relatively stable and long-known dispositive states.

   • 2006, Robert E. Krebs, “Guide to the Elements”, in The History and Use of Our Earth's Chemical Elements: A Reference Guide, 2nd edition, Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, →ISBN, page 301:

     Ytterbium is a silvery, soft, malleable, and ductile metal with a lustrous metallic shine. It is slightly reactive in air or water at room temperatures. Ytterbium is located next to last of the rare-earths in the lanthanide series.

   • 2015, E. A. Abou Neel; V. Salih; J. C. Knowles, “Phosphate-based Glasses”, in Paul Ducheyne, editor, Comprehensive Biomaterials, volume I (Metallic, Ceramic and Polymeric Biomaterials), Amsterdam: Elsevier, →ISBN, page 289:

     Microstructural optical fibers have been developed that have utilized phosphate-based glasses due to their ability to solubilize rare earth components such as ytterbium, which give the fibers their high light absorption and amplification per unit length.

2. 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)

• ytterbium on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

ytterbium (uncountable)

1. ytterbium

See the English entry ytterbium.

• IPA^(key): [ˈɪtɛrbɪum]
• Rhymes: -ɛrbɪum
• Hyphenation: yt‧ter‧bi‧um

ytterbium n

1. ytterbium (metallic chemical element with an atomic number of 70)

• ytterbiový

• ytterbium in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957

ytterbium

1. ytterbium
   • 2006, Bogen Om Grundstofferne, Gyldendal Uddannelse →ISBN, page 150

     Men udover disse nyttige anvendelser bruges grundstoffet ytterbium kun ganske lidt.

   • 1985, Fysisk tidsskrift

     ... målt i en serie af ytterbium isotoper^[sic] ...

   • 1996, Forskningsrapport ... fra Statens husdyrbrugsforsøg

     Relative mængder af tørstof og ytterbium (Yb) efter vominkubation

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ytterbium n (uncountable)

1. ytterbium

• IPA^(key): /ˈytːerbi.um/, [ˈyt̪ːe̞rbi.um]
• Hyphenation: yt‧ter‧bium

ytterbium

1. ytterbium

• IPA^(key): /i.tɛʁ.bjɔm/

ytterbium m (uncountable)

1. ytterbium

• “ytterbium” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ytˈter.bi.um/, [ʏtˈtɛr.bi.ũ]

ytterbium n (genitive ytterbiī); second declension

1. ytterbium

Second declension.

Named after Ytterby in Sweden.

ytterbium n (definite singular ytterbiumet, uncountable)

1. ytterbium (chemical element; symbol Yb)

• “ytterbium” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Named after Ytterby in Sweden.

ytterbium n (definite singular ytterbiumet, uncountable)

1. ytterbium (chemical element; symbol Yb)

• “ytterbium” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.