ytterbium

See also: Ytterbium

English

WOTD – 24 April 2017

Chemical element
Yb
Previous: thulium (Tm)
Next: lutetium (Lu)

Etymology

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.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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, 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, volumes 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.

Synonyms

• 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)

Derived terms

• diytterbium trioxide
• ytterbia
• ytterbic
• ytterbium oxide
• ytterbium trichloride

 

Related terms

• erbium
• neoytterbia
• terbium
• ytter
• ytterbite
• ytterite
• yttria
• yttrium

 

Translations

chemical element

• Afrikaans: ytterbium (af)
• Albanian: iterb
• Arabic: يِتْرِبْيُوم m (yitribyum)
• Armenian: իտերբիում (iterbium)
• Asturian: iterbiu m
• Basque: iterbioa
• Belarusian: ітэ́рбій m (itérbij)
• Breton: iterbiom (br)
• Bulgarian: ите́рбий m (itérbij)
• Catalan: iterbi (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 鐿／镱 (zh) (yì)

• Cornish: yterbyum
• Czech: ytterbium (cs)
• Danish: ytterbium (da)
• Dutch: ytterbium (nl) n
• Esperanto: iterbio (eo)
• Estonian: üterbium (et)
• Faroese: ytterbium
• Finnish: ytterbium (fi)
• French: ytterbium (fr) m
• Friulian: iterbi
• Galician: iterbio (gl)
• Georgian: იტერბიუმი (iṭerbiumi)
• German: Ytterbium (de) n
• Greek: υττέρβιο (el) n (yttérvio)
• Hebrew: איטרביום (he) (itérbiyum)
• Hindi: श्वेतला (śvetlā)
• Hungarian: itterbium (hu)
• Icelandic: ytterbín (is)
• Ido: yiterbo
• Irish: itéirbiam
• Italian: itterbio (it) m
• Japanese: イッテルビウム (ja) (itterubiumu), 鐿 (ja)
• Kashubian: éterb
• Kazakh: иттербий (kk) (itterbii)
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• Khmer: អ៊ីទែប្យូម (iitɛɛbyuum)
• Korean: 이테르븀 (ko) (itereubyum)
• Latin: ytterbium (la)
• Latvian: iterbijs
• Lithuanian: iterbis (lt)
• Luxembourgish: Ytterbium
• Macedonian: ите́рбиум m (itérbium)
• Malay: iterbium
• Maltese: itterbjum
• Manx: ytterbium
• Mongolian: иттерби (mn) (itterbi)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: ytterbium n

  Nynorsk: ytterbium (nn) n

• Polish: iterb (pl) m
• Portuguese: itérbio (pt) m
• Romanian: yterbiu (ro) n
• Russian: итте́рбий (ru) m (ittérbij)
• Scottish Gaelic: itèirbiam
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: итербиjум, итербиj m

  Roman: iterbij (sh), iterbijum m

• Slovak: ytterbium n
• Slovene: iterbij (sl)
• Spanish: iterbio (es) m
• Swedish: ytterbium (sv)
• Tajik: иттербий (itterbiy)
• Tamil: திகழ்வெள்ளீயம் (tikaḻveḷḷīyam)
• Thai: อิตเทอร์เบียม (ìt-təə-bîiam)
• Turkish: iterbiyum (tr)
• Ukrainian: іте́рбій m (itérbij)
• Uzbek: itterbiy (uz), иттербий (itterbiy)
• Vietnamese: ytecbi
• Volapük: lüterbin (vo)
• Welsh: yterbiwm
• West Frisian: ytterbium

Further reading

• ytterbium on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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Afrikaans

Chemical element
Yb
Previous: tulium (Tm)
Next: lutetium (Lu)

Noun

ytterbium (uncountable)

1. ytterbium

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Czech

Chemical element
Yb
Previous: tulium (Tm)
Next: lutetium (Lu)

Etymology

See the English entry ytterbium.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

ytterbium n

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

Derived terms

• ytterbiový

Further reading

• Template:R:PSJC

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Danish

Noun

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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Dutch

Chemical element
Yb
Previous: thulium (Tm)
Next: lutetium (Lu)

Etymology

Borrowed. Named after Ytterby in Sweden.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌiˈtɛr.bi.ʏm/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: yt‧ter‧bi‧um

Noun

ytterbium n (uncountable)

1. ytterbium

Related terms

• yttrium

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Finnish

Pronunciation

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

Noun

ytterbium

1. ytterbium

Declension

Inflection of ytterbium (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
nominative		ytterbium	—
genitive		ytterbiumin	—
partitive		ytterbiumia	—
illative		ytterbiumiin	—
		singular	plural
nominative		ytterbium	—
accusative	nom.	ytterbium	—
	gen.	ytterbiumin
genitive		ytterbiumin	—
partitive		ytterbiumia	—
inessive		ytterbiumissa	—
elative		ytterbiumista	—
illative		ytterbiumiin	—
adessive		ytterbiumilla	—
ablative		ytterbiumilta	—
allative		ytterbiumille	—
essive		ytterbiumina	—
translative		ytterbiumiksi	—
abessive		ytterbiumitta	—
instructive		—	—
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of ytterbium (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative ytterbiumini — accusative nom. ytterbiumini — gen. ytterbiumini genitive ytterbiumini — partitive ytterbiumiani — inessive ytterbiumissani — elative ytterbiumistani — illative ytterbiumiini — adessive ytterbiumillani — ablative ytterbiumiltani — allative ytterbiumilleni — essive ytterbiuminani — translative ytterbiumikseni — abessive ytterbiumittani — instructive — — comitative — — second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative ytterbiumisi — accusative nom. ytterbiumisi — gen. ytterbiumisi genitive ytterbiumisi — partitive ytterbiumiasi — inessive ytterbiumissasi — elative ytterbiumistasi — illative ytterbiumiisi — adessive ytterbiumillasi — ablative ytterbiumiltasi — allative ytterbiumillesi — essive ytterbiuminasi — translative ytterbiumiksesi — abessive ytterbiumittasi — instructive — — comitative — — first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative ytterbiumimme — accusative nom. ytterbiumimme — gen. ytterbiumimme genitive ytterbiumimme — partitive ytterbiumiamme — inessive ytterbiumissamme — elative ytterbiumistamme — illative ytterbiumiimme — adessive ytterbiumillamme — ablative ytterbiumiltamme — allative ytterbiumillemme — essive ytterbiuminamme — translative ytterbiumiksemme — abessive ytterbiumittamme — instructive — — comitative — — second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative ytterbiuminne — accusative nom. ytterbiuminne — gen. ytterbiuminne genitive ytterbiuminne — partitive ytterbiumianne — inessive ytterbiumissanne — elative ytterbiumistanne — illative ytterbiumiinne — adessive ytterbiumillanne — ablative ytterbiumiltanne — allative ytterbiumillenne — essive ytterbiuminanne — translative ytterbiumiksenne — abessive ytterbiumittanne — instructive — — comitative — — third-person possessor singular plural nominative ytterbiuminsa — accusative nom. ytterbiuminsa — gen. ytterbiuminsa genitive ytterbiuminsa — partitive ytterbiumiaan ytterbiumiansa — inessive ytterbiumissaan ytterbiumissansa — elative ytterbiumistaan ytterbiumistansa — illative ytterbiumiinsa — adessive ytterbiumillaan ytterbiumillansa — ablative ytterbiumiltaan ytterbiumiltansa — allative ytterbiumilleen ytterbiumillensa — essive ytterbiuminaan ytterbiuminansa — translative ytterbiumikseen ytterbiumiksensa — abessive ytterbiumittaan ytterbiumittansa — instructive — — comitative — —

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /i.tɛʁ.bjɔm/

Noun

ytterbium m (uncountable)

1. ytterbium

Further reading

• “ytterbium”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ytˈter.bi.um/, [ʏt̪ˈt̪ɛrbiʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /itˈter.bi.um/, [it̪ˈt̪ɛrbium]

Noun

ytterbium n (genitive ytterbiī); second declension

1. ytterbium

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	ytterbium	ytterbia
Genitive	ytterbiī	ytterbiōrum
Dative	ytterbiō	ytterbiīs
Accusative	ytterbium	ytterbia
Ablative	ytterbiō	ytterbiīs
Vocative	ytterbium	ytterbia

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Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

Named after Ytterby in Sweden.

Noun

ytterbium n (definite singular ytterbiumet, uncountable)

1. ytterbium (chemical element; symbol Yb)

References

• “ytterbium” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

Named after Ytterby in Sweden.

Noun

ytterbium n (definite singular ytterbiumet, uncountable)

1. ytterbium (chemical element; symbol Yb)

References

• “ytterbium” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.