1.0 2010-04-08 22:05:57 UTC 2025-11-18 22:53:57 UTC FDB003793 Ytterbium Ytterbium, also known as 70yb or yterbio, is a member of the class of compounds known as homogeneous lanthanide compounds. Homogeneous lanthanide compounds are inorganic compounds containing only metal atoms, with the largest atom being a lanthanide atom. Ytterbium can be found in a number of food items such as corn, almond, white cabbage, and pistachio, which makes ytterbium a potential biomarker for the consumption of these food products. In 1878, the Swiss chemist Jean Charles Galissard de Marignac separated from the rare earth "erbia" another independent component, which he called "ytterbia", for Ytterby, the village in Sweden near where he found the new component of erbium. He suspected that ytterbia was a compound of a new element that he called "ytterbium" (in total, four elements were named after the village, 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 pure sample of the metal was not obtained until 1953. At present, ytterbium is mainly used as a dopant of stainless steel or active laser media, and less often as a gamma ray source . Yiterbium Yb 173.04 173.938858101 ytterbium ytterbium 7440-64-4 [Yb] InChI=1S/Yb NAWDYIZEMPQZHO-UHFFFAOYSA-N belongs to the class of inorganic compounds known as homogeneous lanthanide compounds. These are inorganic compounds containing only metal atoms, with the largest atom being a lanthanide atom. Homogeneous lanthanide compounds Inorganic compounds Homogeneous metal compounds Homogeneous lanthanide compounds Homogeneous lanthanide f-block element atom lanthanoid atom logp 0 ChemAxon iupac ytterbium ChemAxon average_mass 173.04 ChemAxon mono_mass 173.938858101 ChemAxon smiles [Yb] ChemAxon formula Yb ChemAxon inchi InChI=1S/Yb ChemAxon inchikey NAWDYIZEMPQZHO-UHFFFAOYSA-N ChemAxon polar_surface_area 0 ChemAxon refractivity 0 ChemAxon polarizability 1.78 ChemAxon rotatable_bond_count 0 ChemAxon acceptor_count 0 ChemAxon donor_count 0 ChemAxon physiological_charge 0 ChemAxon formal_charge 0 ChemAxon Specdb::MsMs 52041 Specdb::MsMs 52042 Specdb::MsMs 52043 Specdb::MsMs 121578 Specdb::MsMs 121579 Specdb::MsMs 121580 37300 Almond Type 1 specific Prunus dulcis 3755 0.01 0.01 0.01 mg/100 g Black walnut Type 1 specific Juglans nigra 16719 0.01 0.01 0.01 mg/100 g Brazil nut Type 1 specific Bertholletia excelsa 3645 0.02 0.02 0.02 mg/100 g Butternut Type 1 specific Juglans cinerea 91214 0.004 0.004 0.004 mg/100 g Cabbage Type 1 specific Brassica oleracea var. capitata 3716 0.4445 0.4445 0.4445 mg/100 g Cashew nut Type 1 specific Anacardium occidentale 171929 0.002 0.002 0.002 mg/100 g Coconut Type 1 specific Cocos nucifera 13894 0.01 0.01 0.01 mg/100 g Common hazelnut Type 1 specific Corylus avellana 13451 0.003 0.003 0.003 mg/100 g Common persimmon Type 1 specific Diospyros virginiana 13493 0.038 0.055 0.021 mg/100 g Corn Type 1 specific Zea mays 4577 0.226 0.226 0.226 mg/100 g Lettuce Type 1 specific Lactuca sativa 4236 0.0453 0.0453 0.0453 mg/100 g Pistachio Type 1 specific Pistacia vera 55513 0.01 0.01 0.01 mg/100 g Red beetroot Type 1 specific Beta vulgaris var. rubra 0.00002 0.00002 0.00002 mg/100 g Spinach Type 1 specific Spinacia oleracea 3562 0.0001 0.0001 0.0001 mg/100 g White cabbage Type 1 specific Brassica oleracea L. var. capitata L. f. alba DC. 0.4445 0.4445 0.4445 mg/100 g