The researchers also want to add traces of further elements to the ytterbium rhodium silicide, which would probably change its electronic properties considerably.
www.nanowerk.com At present, ytterbium is mainly used as a dopant of stainless steel or active laser media, and less often as a gamma ray source.
en.wikipedia.org While these compounds do exist, analogous chemicals that contain lanthanum, praseodymium, gadolinium, holmium, terbium, or ytterbium have not been discovered, as of 2008.
en.wikipedia.org The world production of ytterbium is only about 50 tonnes per year, reflecting the fact that ytterbium has few commercial applications.
en.wikipedia.org They determined eka-ytterbium properties, consistent with nobelium as the heavier homologue.
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