ytterbium

See also: Ytterbium

English

WOTD – 24 April 2017

Chemical element
Yb
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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 +‎ -ium, named after Ytterby, Sweden, the same etymological source as yttrium, terbium, and erbium.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ɪˈtɜː.bi.əm/

  • Audio (Southern England):

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• (General American) IPA^(key): /ɪˈtɚ.bi.əm/, /ˈjə.tɚ.bi.əm/, /ˈjɪ.tɚ.bi.əm/, /jəˈtɚ.bi.əm/, /jɪˈtɚ.bi.əm/
• Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)biəm
• 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, L[ester] R. Morss, editors, 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 (ast) 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)
• Khmer: អ៊ីទែប្យូម (iitɛɛbyuum)
• Korean: 이테르븀 (ko) (itereubyum), 이터븀 (iteobyum)
• 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

Afrikaans

Chemical element
Yb
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Next: lutesium (Lu)

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Noun

ytterbium (uncountable)

1. ytterbium

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)

Declension

Declension of ytterbium (semisoft neuter foreign)

	singular	plural
nominative	ytterbium	ytterbia
genitive	ytterbia	ytterbií
dative	ytterbiu	ytterbiím
accusative	ytterbium	ytterbia
vocative	ytterbium	ytterbia
locative	ytterbiu	ytterbiích
instrumental	ytterbiem	ytterbii

Derived terms

• ytterbiový

 

Further reading

• “ytterbium”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957

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.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

   • 1985, Fysisk tidsskrift:

     ... målt i en serie af ytterbium isotoper^[sic] ...

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

   • 1996, Forskningsrapport ... fra Statens husdyrbrugsforsøg:

     Relative mængder af tørstof og ytterbium (Yb) efter vominkubation

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Dutch

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

Etymology

Borrowed. Named after Ytterby in Sweden.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌiˈtɛr.bi.ʏm/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Hyphenation: yt‧ter‧bi‧um

Noun

ytterbium n (uncountable)

1. ytterbium

Related terms

• yttrium

Finnish

Etymology

Internationalism (see English ytterbium).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈytːerbium/, [ˈyt̪ːe̞rˌbium]
• Rhymes: -ium
• Hyphenation^(key): yt‧ter‧bi‧um

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 — —

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.

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).

	singular	plural
nominative	ytterbium	ytterbia
genitive	ytterbiī	ytterbiōrum
dative	ytterbiō	ytterbiīs
accusative	ytterbium	ytterbia
ablative	ytterbiō	ytterbiīs
vocative	ytterbium	ytterbia

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.

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.

Swedish

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

Noun

ytterbium n

1. ytterbium

Declension

Declension of ytterbium

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	ytterbium	ytterbiums
	definite	ytterbiumet	ytterbiumets
plural	indefinite	—	—
	definite	—	—

Declension of ytterbium

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	ytterbium	ytterbiums
	definite	ytterbiet	ytterbiets
plural	indefinite	—	—
	definite	—	—

Declension of ytterbium

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	ytterbium	ytterbiums
	definite	ytterbium	ytterbiums
plural	indefinite	—	—
	definite	—	—

References

• ytterbium in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• ytterbium in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• ytterbium in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
• Svensk MeSH