Ytterbium
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Ytterbium is a chemical element; it has symbol Yb and atomic number 70. It is a metal, the fourteenth element in the lanthanide series, which is the basis of the relative stability of its +2 oxidation
Ytterbium 3
Euxenite
Ytterbium(III) oxide
Jean Charles Galissard de Marignac
Lutetium
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Lutetium is a chemical element; it has symbol Lu and atomic number 71. It is a silvery white metal, which resists corrosion in dry air, but not in moist air. Lutetium is the last element in the lantha
Ytterbium
…the others being yttrium, terbium, and erbium. In 1907, the new earth "lutecia" was separated from ytterbia, from which the element "lutecium", now lutetium, was extracted by Georges Urbain, Carl Auer von Welsbach, and Charles James. After some discussion, Marignac's name "ytterbium" was retained. A relatively…
Lutetium sublimed dendritic and 1cm 3 cube
Monazite