yttrium

Summary

yttrium is a chemical element^[1]. yttrium draws 1,398 Wikipedia views per month (chemical_element category, ranking #64 of 144).^[2]

Key Facts

• yttrium is credited with the discovery of Johan Gadolin^[3].
• yttrium is credited with the discovery of Friedrich Wöhler^[4].
• yttrium's instance of is recorded as chemical element^[5].
• yttrium's instance of is recorded as lithophile^[6].
• Ytterby mine is named after yttrium^[7].
• yttrium is made of fergusonite-(Y)^[8].
• yttrium is made of gadolinite-(Y)^[9].
• yttrium is made of polycrase-(Y)^[10].
• yttrium is made of tanteuxenite-(Y)^[11].
• yttrium is made of aeschynite-(Y)^[12].
• yttrium is made of adamsite-(Y)^[13].
• yttrium is made of agakhanovite-(Y)^[14].
• yttrium is made of alwilkinsite-(Y)^[15].
• yttrium is made of allanite-(Y)^[16].
• yttrium is made of badakhshanite-(Y)^[17].
• yttrium is made of britholite-(Y)^[18].
• yttrium is made of barrydawsonite-(Y)^[19].
• yttrium is made of bussyite-(Y)^[20].
• yttrium is made of bastnäsite-(Y)^[21].
• yttrium is made of batievaite-(Y)^[22].
• yttrium is made of bijvoetite-(Y)^[23].
• yttrium is made of chernovite-(Y)^[24].
• yttrium is made of chiappinoite-(Y)^[25].
• yttrium is made of chinleite-(Y)^[26].
• yttrium is made of cayalsite-(Y)^[27].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded instance of include chemical element^[5] and lithophile^[6].

Origins

Ytterby mine is named after yttrium^[7].

Influence

Things named for yttrium include aeschynite-(Y)^[28], a mineral species^[29]; yttrialite-(Y)^[30], a mineral species^[31]; polycrase-(Y)^[32], a mineral species^[33]; gadolinite-(Y)^[34], a mineral species^[35]; chukhrovite-(Y)^[36], a mineral species^[37]; fergusonite-(Y)^[38], a mineral species^[39]; agardite-(Y)^[40], a mineral species^[41]; and britholite-(Y)^[42], a mineral species^[43].

Why It Matters

yttrium draws 1,398 Wikipedia views per month (chemical_element category, ranking #64 of 144).^[2] yttrium has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[44] yttrium is known by 42 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[45]

Entities named for yttrium include aeschynite-(Y)^[28], a mineral species^[29]; yttrialite-(Y)^[30], a mineral species^[31]; polycrase-(Y)^[32], a mineral species^[33]; gadolinite-(Y)^[34], a mineral species^[35]; chukhrovite-(Y)^[36], a mineral species^[37]; and fergusonite-(Y)^[38], a mineral species^[39].