ytterbium's Usage Examples:

Urbain separated ytterbium into two new elements, neo-ytterbium and lutecium (atomic weight, 174.

Meyer thinks that the susceptibilities of the metals praseodymium, neodymium, ytterbium, samarium, gadolinium, and erbium, when obtained in a pure form, will be found to equal or even exceed those of the well-known ferromagnetic metals.

In 1878 Marignac, having subjected Mosander's erbia, obtained from gadolinite, to a careful examination, announced the presence of a new element, ytterbium; this discovery was confirmed by Nilson, who in the following year discovered another element, scandium, in Marignac's ytterbia.

Synonyms:

atomic number 70, ytterbite, metal, gadolinite, xenotime, Yb, monazite, metallic element,

Antonyms:

nonmetallic,