erbium

chemical element with symbol Er and atomic number 68
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erbium

Summary

erbium is a chemical element[1]. erbium draws 37 Wikipedia views per month (chemical_element category, ranking #112 of 144).[2]

Key Facts

  • erbium is credited with the discovery of Carl Gustaf Mosander[3].
  • erbium's instance of is recorded as chemical element[4].
  • Ytterby mine is named after erbium[5].
  • erbium is made of monazite mineral group[6].
  • erbium is made of monazite sands[7].
  • erbium is made of xenotime mineral group[8].
  • erbium is made of euxenite mineral group[9].
  • erbium's canonical SMILES is recorded as [Er][10].
  • erbium's element symbol is recorded as Er[11].
  • erbium's chemical formula is recorded as Er[12].
  • erbium is a type of lanthanide[13].
  • erbium is a type of heavy metal[14].
  • erbium is a type of f-block[15].
  • erbium is part of lanthanide[16].
  • erbium is part of period 6[17].
  • erbium is used for Er:YAG laser[18].
  • erbium is used for glass coloring and color marking[19].
  • erbium is used for nuclear poison[20].
  • erbium is used for alloy[21].
  • erbium is used for Cryocooler[22].
  • erbium's Commons category is recorded as Erbium[23].
  • erbium's Unicode character is recorded as 鉺[24].
  • erbium's crystal system is recorded as hexagonal crystal system[25].
  • erbium's time of discovery or invention is recorded as 1843[26].
  • erbium's time of discovery or invention is recorded as 1879[27].

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Definition and Type

erbium's instance of is recorded as chemical element[4]. Recorded subclass of include lanthanide[13], heavy metal[14], and f-block[15].

Origins

Ytterby mine is named after erbium[5].

Use and Application

Recorded has use include Er:YAG laser[18], glass coloring and color marking[19], nuclear poison[20], alloy[21], and Cryocooler[22]. Part of include lanthanide[16] and period 6[17], a period[28].

Why It Matters

erbium draws 37 Wikipedia views per month (chemical_element category, ranking #112 of 144).[2] erbium has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[29] erbium is known by 57 alternative names across languages and contexts.[30]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . Q87327090. wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . PubChem. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . Atomic weights of the elements 2009 (IUPAC Technical Report). wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . PubChem. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . cns11643.gov.tw. Retrieved . cns11643.gov.tw. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . Q115164150. 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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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 12h ago · R1F4T · 2026-10-03 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14936 → {'unit': 'Q192274', 'amount': '+175'}
    Wikipedia languages → ['af', 'am', 'anp', 'ar', 'ary', 'arz', 'ast', 'az', 'ba', 'ban', 'be', 'be_x_ol
    P14937 → {'unit': 'Q192274', 'amount': '+189'}
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P14936]]: 175 picometre, Add sourced P14936 element radius"
  2. 7d ago · KrBot bot · 2026-09-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Zvg number → 7680
    "/* wbsetclaimvalue:1| */ [[Property:P679]]: 7680, см. / see [[Template:Autofix|autofix]] на / on [[Property talk:P679]]"
  3. 10d ago · Mrwdat3 · 2026-09-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Oxidation state → {'amount': '+0'}, {'amount': '+1'}, {'amount': '+2'} +1
    Zvg number → 7680
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P679]]: 007680, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/275042|batch #275042]]"
  4. 14d ago · R1F4T · 2026-09-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Oxidation state → {'amount': '+0'}, {'amount': '+1'}, {'amount': '+2'} +1
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P1121]]: 0, add oxidation state from en:Template:Infobox element/symbol-to-oxidation-state"
  5. 14d ago · R1F4T · 2026-09-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Ipa transcription → ˈɜːrbiəm
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P898]]: ˈɜːrbiəm, add IPA transcription (from en:Template:Infobox element/symbol-to-pronunciation)"
  6. 14d ago · R1F4T · 2026-09-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Pronunciation audio → LL-Q1860 (eng)-Naomi Persephone Amethyst (NaomiAmethyst)-erb
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P443]]: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Naomi Persephone Amethyst (NaomiAmethyst)-erbium.wav, add English pronunciation audio (Lingua Libre, from en:Template:Infobox element/sym"
  7. 14d ago · R1F4T · 2026-09-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Electron configuration → [Xe] 6s² 4f¹²
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P8000]]: [Xe] 6s² 4f¹², add electron configuration from NIST ASD ground levels"
  8. 15d ago · R1F4T · 2026-09-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → lanthanide, heavy metal, f-block
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P279]]: [[Q214680]], add periodic table block (IUPAC 2021 convention)"
  9. 15d ago · R1F4T · 2026-09-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Ionization energy → {'unit': 'Q83327', 'amount': '+6.1077'}
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P2260]]: 6.1077±0.001 electronvolt, import ionization energy from NIST Atomic Spectra Database"
  10. 28d ago · Baum64 · 2026-09-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Has characteristic → paramagnetism
    Point group → dihexagonal-dipyramidal
    Subclass of → lanthanide, heavy metal, f-block
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P589]]: [[Q13362368]], [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/270882|batch #270882]]"
  11. 5w ago · Baum64 · 2026-08-29 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → lanthanide, heavy metal, f-block
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P279]]: [[Q19569]], [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/269656|batch #269656]]"
  12. 5w ago · Mahirtwofivesix · 2026-08-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Babelnet id → 00006899n
    Interlingual index id → i113930
    Arabic ontology lexical concept id → 151078459
    "/* wbeditentity-statements-multiple-properties-update:0||4 */ added/modified IDs mapped to WordNet 3.1"
  13. 6w ago · Baum64 · 2026-08-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Electrical conductivity → {'unit': 'Q80842107', 'amount': '+1160000.0'}
    Melting point → {'unit': 'Q11579', 'amount': '+1795.0'}
    Crystal system → hexagonal crystal system
    Thermal conductivity → {'unit': 'Q1463969', 'amount': '+15.0'}
    + 4 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P9824]]: 9010995, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/269026|batch #269026]]"
  14. 12w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14541 → E9OIv
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  15. 19w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Has use → Er:YAG laser, glass coloring and color marking, nuclear poison +2
    Electronegativity → {'amount': '+1'}
    Hrvatska enciklopedija id → erbij
    Mass → {'unit': 'Q483261', 'amount': '+167.259'}
    + 16 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|5 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 38979, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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