Meaning Of The Word Ytterbium
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Ytterbium Meaning
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What's The Definition Of Ytterbium?
ytterbium in American English
a scarce, divalent or trivalent, silvery, malleable chemical element, one of the rare-earth elements, found with yttrium in gadolinite and certain other minerals: symbol, Yb; at. no., 70 noun: a rare metallic element found in gadolinite and forming compounds resembling those of yttrium; at. wt.: 173.04; at. no.: 70; sp. gr.: 6.96 ytterbium in British English noun: a soft malleable silvery element of the lanthanide series of metals that occurs in monazite and is used to improve the mechanical properties of steel. Symbol: Yb; atomic no: 70; atomic wt: 173.04; valency: 2 or 3; relative density: 6.903 (alpha), 6.966 (b |
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