Yttrium

Yttrium
Yttrium Yt"tri*um, n. [NL., from Ytterby, in Sweden. See {Erbium}.] (Chem.) A rare metallic element of the boron-aluminium group, found in gadolinite and other rare minerals, and extracted as a dark gray powder. Symbol Y. Atomic number 39. Atomic weight, 88.9. [Written also {ittrium}.] [1913 Webster +PJC]

Note: Associated with yttrium are certain rare elements, as erbium, ytterbium, samarium, etc., which are separated in a pure state with great difficulty. They are studied by means of their spark or phosphorescent spectra. Yttrium is now regarded as probably not a simple element, but as a mixture of several substances. [1913 Webster]


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  • Yttrĭum — Yttrĭum, chemisches Zeichen Y, Äquiv. 32,2 (H = 1) od. 402,5 (O = 100), seltenes Metall. Der Chemiker Gadolin entdeckte 1794 in einem, im Feldspathe von Ytterby unsern Fahlun in Schweden vorkommenden schwarzen Minerale, dem Ytterbit (Gadolinit, s …   Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

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  • Yttrium — Yttrĭum (chem. Zeichen Y), seltenes Erdmetall vom Atomgewicht 89, kommt in den nordischen Mineralien Gadolinit, Orthit und Yttrotantalit vor; nach Abscheidung der Oxyde des Cers, Didyms und Lanthans gewinnt man aus den Rückständen die Yttererde …   Kleines Konversations-Lexikon

  • yttrium — Symbol: Y Atomic number: 39 Atomic weight: 88.905 Silvery grey metallic element of group 3 on the periodic table. Found in uranium ores. The only natural isotope is Y 89, there are 14 other artificial isotopes. Chemically resembles the… …   Elements of periodic system

  • yttrium — metallic rare earth element, 1866, coined in Modern Latin by Swedish chemist Carl Gustaf Mosander (1797 1858) from Ytterby, name of a town in Sweden where mineral containing it was found …   Etymology dictionary

  • yttrium — [i′trē əm] n. [ModL < YTTRIA + IUM: name proposed (1822) before isolation of the element by Mosander (see ERBIUM) in 1843] a rare, trivalent, silvery, metallic chemical element found in combination in gadolinite, monazite sand, samarskite, etc …   English World dictionary

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