Yttrium Definition

ĭtrē-əm
noun
A rare, trivalent, silvery, metallic chemical element found in combination in gadolinite, monazite sand, samarskite, etc.: used in phosphors, alloys, etc.: symbol, Y; at. no. 39
Webster's New World

(physics) An isotope of yttrium, 9039Y, that is used in radiotherapy.

Wiktionary
Synonyms:
  • atomic number 39
  • y

Origin of Yttrium

  • From Ytterby, (literally, "outer village") a town in Sweden.

    From Wiktionary

  • From yttria

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Yttrium Sentence Examples

  • By the same method as had succeeded with aluminium (reduction of the chloride by potassium) Wohler in 1828 obtained metallic beryllium and yttrium.

  • Additionally, part of the family of soft ferrites, are the microwave ferrites, e.g. yttrium iron garnet.

  • Ekeberg discovered an element, tantalum, in some Swedish yttrium minerals.

  • This "new earth" turned out to be nothing more nor less than a basis yttrium phosphate.

  • In its character yttrium is closely allied to, and in nature is always associated with, cerium, lanthanum, didymium and erbium (see Rare Earths).

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Words Starting With

YYTYTT

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MUMIUM

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