ytterbium

chemical element with symbol Yb and atomic number 70
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ytterbium

Summary

ytterbium is a chemical element[1]. ytterbium draws 387 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 a type of f-block[14].
  • ytterbium is part of lanthanide[15].
  • ytterbium is part of period 6[16].
  • ytterbium's Commons category is recorded as Ytterbium[17].
  • ytterbium's Unicode character is recorded as 鐿[18].
  • ytterbium's crystal system is recorded as hexagonal crystal system[19].
  • ytterbium's time of discovery or invention is recorded as 1878[20].
  • ytterbium's point group is recorded as dihexagonal-dipyramidal[21].
  • ytterbium's space group is recorded as space group P6₃/mmc[22].
  • ytterbium's IPA transcription is recorded as ɪˈtɜːrbiəm[23].
  • ytterbium's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Ytterbium[24].
  • ytterbium's Commons gallery is recorded as Ytterbium[25].
  • ytterbium's atomic number is recorded as {'amount': '+70'}[26].
  • ytterbium's electronegativity is recorded as {'amount': '+1.1'}[27].

Body

Definition and Type

ytterbium's instance of is recorded as chemical element[4]. Recorded subclass of include lanthanide[13] and f-block[14].

Origins

Ytterby mine is named after ytterbium[5].

Use and Application

Part of include lanthanide[15] and period 6[16], a period[28].

Why It Matters

ytterbium draws 387 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.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . periodic-table.rsc.org. Retrieved . periodic-table.rsc.org. Provenance: 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] ↑ . cns11643.gov.tw. Retrieved . cns11643.gov.tw. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . crystallography.net. Retrieved . crystallography.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . crystallography.net. Retrieved . crystallography.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . crystallography.net. Retrieved . crystallography.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  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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Edit History

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. 1d ago · R1F4T · 2026-10-03 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14936 → {'unit': 'Q192274', 'amount': '+175'}
    Wikipedia languages → ['af', 'am', 'anp', 'ar', 'ary', 'arz', 'ast', 'az', 'ban', 'bcl', 'be', 'be_x_o
    P14937 → {'unit': 'Q192274', 'amount': '+187'}
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P14936]]: 175 picometre, Add sourced P14936 element radius"
  2. 15d 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"
  3. 15d ago · R1F4T · 2026-09-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Ipa transcription → ɪˈtɜːrbiəm
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P898]]: ɪˈtɜːrbiəm, add IPA transcription (from en:Template:Infobox element/symbol-to-pronunciation)"
  4. 15d ago · R1F4T · 2026-09-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Pronunciation audio → LL-Q1860 (eng)-Naomi Persephone Amethyst (NaomiAmethyst)-ytt
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P443]]: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Naomi Persephone Amethyst (NaomiAmethyst)-ytterbium.wav, add English pronunciation audio (Lingua Libre, from en:Template:Infobox element/"
  5. 15d ago · R1F4T · 2026-09-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Electron configuration → [Xe] 6s² 4f¹⁴
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P8000]]: [Xe] 6s² 4f¹⁴, add electron configuration from NIST ASD ground levels"
  6. 16d ago · R1F4T · 2026-09-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → lanthanide, f-block
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P279]]: [[Q214680]], add periodic table block (IUPAC 2021 convention)"
  7. 16d ago · R1F4T · 2026-09-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Ionization energy → {'unit': 'Q83327', 'amount': '+6.25416'}, {'unit': 'Q83327', 'amount': '+12.179185'}
    Linear thermal expansion coefficient → {'unit': 'Q56025776', 'amount': '+24.31'}
    "/* wbeditentity-statements-single-property-add:1||2 */ [[Property:P2260]], import ionization energy from NIST Atomic Spectra Database"
  8. 29d ago · Baum64 · 2026-09-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Has characteristic → paramagnetism
    Point group → dihexagonal-dipyramidal
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P589]]: [[Q13362368]], [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/270882|batch #270882]]"
  9. 5w ago · Baum64 · 2026-08-29 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → lanthanide, f-block
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P279]]: [[Q19569]], [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/269656|batch #269656]]"
  10. 5w ago · Mahirtwofivesix · 2026-08-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Interlingual index id → i114032
    Arabic ontology lexical concept id → 151078561
    "/* wbeditentity-statements-multiple-properties-update:0||3 */ added/modified IDs mapped to WordNet 3.1"
  11. 7w ago · Baum64 · 2026-08-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Electrical conductivity → {'unit': 'Q80842107', 'amount': '+4000000.0'}
    Melting point → {'unit': 'Q11579', 'amount': '+1091.0'}
    Crystal system → hexagonal crystal system
    Thermal conductivity → {'unit': 'Q1463969', 'amount': '+39.0'}
    + 5 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P9824]]: 1522989, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/269026|batch #269026]]"
  12. 12w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14541 → 1qK55a
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/40849|batch #40849]]: ZGBK ID"
  13. 20w ago · Ponor · 2026-05-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Hrvatska enciklopedija id → iterbij
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/31836|batch #31836]]: Hrvatska enciklopedija"
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