ytterbium

chemical element with symbol Yb and atomic number 70
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ytterbium

Summary

ytterbium is a chemical element[1]. ytterbium draws 1,742 Wikipedia views per month (chemical_element category, ranking #94 of 144).[2]

Key Facts

  • ytterbium is credited with the discovery of Jean Charles Galissard de Marignac[3].
  • ytterbium's instance of is recorded as chemical element[4].
  • Ytterby mine is named after ytterbium[5].
  • ytterbium is made of xenotime-(Yb)[6].
  • ytterbium is made of hingganite-(Yb)[7].
  • ytterbium is made of keiviite-(Yb)[8].
  • ytterbium is made of samarskite-(Yb)[9].
  • ytterbium's canonical SMILES is recorded as [Yb][10].
  • ytterbium's element symbol is recorded as Yb[11].
  • ytterbium's chemical formula is recorded as Yb[12].
  • ytterbium is a type of lanthanide[13].
  • ytterbium is part of lanthanide[14].
  • ytterbium is part of period 6[15].
  • ytterbium's Commons category is recorded as Ytterbium[16].
  • ytterbium's Unicode character is recorded as 鐿[17].
  • ytterbium's crystal system is recorded as hexagonal crystal system[18].
  • ytterbium's time of discovery or invention is recorded as 1878[19].
  • ytterbium's space group is recorded as space group P6₃/mmc[20].
  • ytterbium's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Ytterbium[21].
  • ytterbium's Commons gallery is recorded as Ytterbium[22].
  • ytterbium's atomic number is recorded as {'amount': '+70'}[23].
  • ytterbium's electronegativity is recorded as {'amount': '+1.1'}[24].
  • ytterbium's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia[25].
  • ytterbium's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[26].
  • ytterbium's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[27].

Body

Definition and Type

ytterbium's instance of is recorded as chemical element[4]. ytterbium is a type of lanthanide[13].

Origins

Ytterby mine is named after ytterbium[5].

Use and Application

Part of include lanthanide[14] and period 6[15], a period[28].

Why It Matters

ytterbium draws 1,742 Wikipedia views per month (chemical_element category, ranking #94 of 144).[2] ytterbium has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[29] ytterbium is known by 61 alternative names across languages and contexts.[30]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
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  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
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  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [28] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [29] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [30] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 3d ago · Baum64 · 2026-08-29 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of lanthanide
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  2. 6d ago · Mahirtwofivesix · 2026-08-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Interlingual index id i114032
    Arabic ontology lexical concept id 151078561
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  3. 16d ago · Baum64 · 2026-08-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Electrical conductivity {'amount': '+4000000.0'}
    Melting point {'amount': '+1091.0'}
    Crystal system hexagonal crystal system
    Thermal conductivity {'amount': '+39.0'}
    + 5 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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  4. 7w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14541 1qK55a
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  5. 15w ago · Ponor · 2026-05-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Hrvatska enciklopedija id iterbij
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