erbium

Meanings

Plural: erbiums

Noun

a trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group; occurs with yttrium
A chemical element (symbol Er) with atomic number 68: a silvery-white metal, in nature always found in combination with other elements.
A single atom of this element.

Origin / Etymology

Borrowed from New Latin erbium; itself from Swedish Ytterby (the name of the town where the element was first discovered) + -ium, coined by Swedish chemist and mineralogist Carl Gustaf Mosander in 1843. Doublet of terbium, ytterbium, and yttrium.

Synonyms

atomic number 68, Er

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