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Facts About Meitnerium and Ytterbium


Facts About Ytterbium and Meitnerium


Facts

Interesting Facts
Not Available   
  • Ytterbium metal oxidizes rapidly if exposed to air.
  • Ytterbium metal can dissolve quickly in Mineral acid.
  

Sources
Bombarding Bi209 with Accelerated Nuclei of Fe58, Synthetically Produced   
Found in Minerals, Mining, Ores of Minerals   

History
  
  

Who Discovered
Gesellschaft für Schwerionenforschung   
Jean Charles Galissard de Marignac   

Discovery
In 1982   
In 1878   

Abundance
  
  

Abundance In Universe
Not Available   
2 * 10-7 %   
22

Abundance In Sun
~-9999 %   
~0.0000001 %   
26

Abundance In Meteorites
Not Available   
0.00 %   
36

Abundance In Earth's Crust
Not Available   
0.00 %   
33

Abundance In Oceans
Not Available   
0.00 %   
37

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