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 fluorescence of fluorite may be due to mineral impurities such as yttrium, ytterbium, or organic matter such as volatile hydrocarbons in the crystal lattice.
en.wikipedia.org Mixtures of powdered ytterbium with polytetrafluoroethylene or hexachloroethane burn with a luminous emerald-green flame.
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