Ytterbium - Periodic Table of Videos
What better way to update our video about Ytterbium than to visit the very place where it was discovered - Ytterby in Sweden. More links in description below ...
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This is Ytterbium. Again, a Lanthanide. Stored in a very old glass bowl. Ytterbium is one of three Lanthanides, which was named after a Swedish town called Ytterby which is where They were all discovered. Ytterbium, Terbium and Erbium were all derivatives of that town name. The town's done well out of it, hasn't it? -The town's did very well out of it, yeah. Have you ever been there? No, not personally. -You should go! Yeah, I should. It's quite moving, and quite... Quite stirring to be here in this place because this is where science and industry came together, for one of the earliest times I suppose. And quite a significant place of discovery and economic vibrancy for the local area. It's almost spiritual, It's really quite, quite different. W...
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This is Ytterbium. Again, a Lanthanide. Stored in a very old glass bowl. Ytterbium is one of three Lanthanides, which was named after a Swedish town called Ytterby which is where They were all discovered. Ytterbium, Terbium and Erbium were all derivatives of that town name. The town's done well out of it, hasn't it? -The town's did very well out of it, yeah. Have you ever been there? No, not personally. -You should go! Yeah, I should. It's quite moving, and quite... Quite stirring to be here in this place because this is where science and industry came together, for one of the earliest times I suppose. And quite a significant place of discovery and economic vibrancy for the local area. It's almost spiritual, It's really quite, quite different. W...
