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ytterbium - Reference Center

Ytterbium [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....more

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  • Cesium Clock Faces Ytterbium Challenge: Scientific American ...

    Aug 12, 2009 ... National Institute of Standards and Technology researchers are developing atomic clocks based on the element ytterbium that could outclass ...

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  • Chemical Elements.com - Ytterbium (Yb)

    Basic information, atomic structure, and isotopes.

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    Infomation on Ytterbium general properties, States, energies, appearance and Characteristics.

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  • Visual Elements - Ytterbium

    Ytterbium. Discovered : by J.C.G. de Marignac in 1878. Isolated in Geneva, Switzerland Origin : The element is named after the Swedish town of Ytterby (see ...

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