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yttrium

/i-tree-uhm/US // ˈɪ tri əm //UK // (ˈɪtrɪəm) //

钇,钇合金,钇矿,钇的

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    Chemistry.

    • : a rare trivalent metallic element, found in gadolinite and other minerals. Symbol: Y; atomic weight: 88.905; atomic number: 39; specific gravity: 4.47.

Examples

  • Erbium, a rare metal found along with yttrium, terbium, and other rare elements in some rare minerals.

  • Its group members, scandium and yttrium, have the same form; we have not examined the fourth; the group is positive.

  • One funnel of yttrium contains exactly the same number of atoms as is contained in a gaseous atom of nitrogen.

  • Nitrogen has nothing new to show us, all its constituents having appeared in scandium and yttrium.

  • In yttrium, on the proto level, a 110 and b 63 both escape from the funnel, and behave as in scandium.