ytterbium
chemical element with symbol Yb and atomic number 70
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Summary
ytterbium is a chemical element[1]. ytterbium draws 3,594 Wikipedia views per month (chemical element category, ranking #94 of 144).[2]
Key Facts
- Discoverer or inventor: Jean Charles Galissard de Marignac[3]
- Named after: Ytterby mine[4]
- Made from material: xenotime-(Yb)[5], hingganite-(Yb)[6], keiviite-(Yb)[7], samarskite-(Yb)[8]
- Canonical SMILES: [Yb][9]
- Element symbol: Yb[10]
- Chemical formula: Yb[11]
- Subclass of: lanthanide[12], f-block[13]
- Part of: lanthanide[14], period 6[15]
- Commons category: Ytterbium[16]
- Unicode character: 鐿[17]
- Crystal system: hexagonal crystal system[18]
- Time of discovery or invention: 1878[19]
- Point group: dihexagonal-dipyramidal[20]
- Space group: space group P6₃/mmc[21]
- IPA transcription: ɪˈtɜːrbiəm[22]
- Topic's main category: Category:Ytterbium[23]
- Commons gallery: Ytterbium[24]
- Atomic number: 70[25]
- Electronegativity: 1.1[26]
- Oxidation state: 0[27], 1[28], 2[29], 3[30]
- Described by source: Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia[31], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[32], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[33]
- Has characteristic: paramagnetism[34]
- Density: 6973.0 kilogram per cubic metre[35]
- Electrical conductivity: 4000000.0 siemens per metre[36]
- Mass: 173.045 dalton[37]
Why It Matters
ytterbium has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[38] ytterbium is known by 61 alternative names across languages and contexts.[39]