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  1. Ytterbium
    Ytterbium is a bivalent or trivalent metallic element of the rare-earth elements that resembles yttrium and occurs with it and related elements in several minerals such as gadolinite. It has the symbol Yb.
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  2. ytterbium
    [n] - a soft silvery metallic element
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  3. Ytterbium
    Ytterbium is a soft, silvery-white metal of the lanthanide group. The metal is soft and malleable, oxidises slowly in air and reacts with water. Applications of the metal are limited, research being the principal area of its use as well as in special alloys for X-ray sources. Symbol YbDiscovered1878...
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  4. ytterbium
    a rare metallic element found in gadolinite and forming compounds resembling those of yttrium. Symbol: Yb, at. wt.: 173.04, at. no.: 70, sp. gr.: 6.96. Cf.'rare-earth element.'
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  5. ytterbium
    Yb. Element 70, atomic weight 173.04, a very rare, malleable metal used in special alloys for X-ray sources.
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  6. Ytterbium
    Yt·ter'bi·um noun [ New Latin , from Ytterby , in Sweden. See Erbium .] (Chemistry) A rare element of the boron group, sometimes associated with yttrium or other related elements, as in euxenite and gadolinite. Symbol Yb; provisiona...
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  7. ytterbium
    <chemistry, element> A rare element of the boron group, sometimes associated with yttrium or other related elements, as in euxenite and gadolinite. Cf. Yttrium. ... Ytterbium is associated with other rare elements, and probably has not been prepared in a pure state. ... Atomic weight: 173.2 .....
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  8. ytterbium
    Yb noun a soft silvery metallic element; a rare earth of the lanthanide series; it occurs in gadolinite and monazite and xenotime
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  1. ytterbium
    (Yb) (ĭ-tur´be-әm) a chemical element, atomic number 70, atomic weight 173.04.
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  2. Ytterbium
    • (n.) 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.
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  3. ytterbium
    (Yb), chemical element, rare-earth metal of the lanthanoid series of the periodic table, a low-melting-point, divalent rare earth with little ... [3 related articles]
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  4. ytterbium
    (Yb) Type: Term Pronunciation: i-tĕr′bē-ŭm Definitions: 1. A metallic element of the lanthanide group; atomic no. 70, atomic wt. 173.04. 169Yb, with a half-life of 32.03 days, has been used in cisternography and in brain scans.
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  5. Ytterbium
    Ytterbium (m {respell|i|TUR|bee-əm}) is a chemical element with the symbol Yb and atomic number 70. It is the the fourteenth and penultimate element in the lanthanide series, or last element in the f-block, which is the basis of the relative stability of the +2 oxidation state. However, like the o...
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  6. ytterbium
    (Yb) A silver-white, metallic element of the lanthanide series. First isolated in 1878, ytterbium's chief ore is monazite. The shiny, soft element is used to produce steel and other alloys. Its most common isotope is 174Yb (31.84%). atomic number 70 ...
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  7. ytterbium
    ytterbium (itûr'bēum) [for Ytterby, a town in Sweden], metallic chemical element; symbol Yb; at. no. 70; at. wt. 173.04; m.p. 819°C; b.p. about 1,194°C; sp. gr. about 7.0; valence +2 or +3. Ytterbium is a soft, malleable, ductile, lustrous silver-white metal. Although it is on...
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  8. ytterbium
    Soft, lustrous, silvery, malleable, and ductile metallic element of the lanthanide series, symbol Yb, atomic number 70, relative atomic mass 173.04. It occurs with (and resembles) yttrium in gadolinite and other minerals, and is used in making steel and other alloys. In 1878 Swiss chemist Jean-Charl...
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  9. ytterbium
    1) Atomic number 70 2) Metal 3) Metallic element 4) One of the rare earths 5) Yb
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