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ytterbium

vr.tr.ytterbium · PHY.MAT

Let an agent identify ytterbium and its properties, relay isotopes, production and uses from reference sources, explain its roles in lasers and atomic clocks, and distinguish it from yttrium and neighbouring lanthanides.

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Purpose and description

Let an agent identify ytterbium and its properties, relay isotopes, production and uses from reference sources, explain its roles in lasers and atomic clocks, and distinguish it from yttrium and neighbouring lanthanides.

A chemical element with symbol Yb and atomic number 70, a soft silvery lanthanide obtained from monazite, xenotime and ion-adsorption clays, used as a dopant in fibre lasers and amplifiers, in stainless steel improvement, in stress gauges, in ytterbium-based optical atomic clocks and in the radioisotope ytterbium-169 as a gamma source for radiography; ytterbium has seven stable isotopes and many radioactive ones, and is one of four elements named after the Swedish village of Ytterby.

What it is for: Lasers, atomic clocks, radiography and alloys.

It can be relay properties and isotopes; explain production and uses; explain laser and clock roles; distinguish from related elements.

Distinguishing features

Fibre laser dopant

Optical clock element

Divalent chemistry

Ytterby naming

What it looks like

A soft silvery metal that slowly oxidises in air.

Physical character

atomic number: 70 Z

standard atomic weight: 173.045 u

melting point: 824 degrees C

stable isotopes: 7 count - Yb-168 to Yb-176

How it is recognised

Element 70, symbol Yb

Lanthanide of fibre lasers and optical clocks

Yttrium is a different element; thulium and lutetium are the neighbouring lanthanides

Related models

is a kind of - in registry terms

lanthanide

is used in - as a dopant

fiber laser

is used in - as a reference atom

optical clock

is adjacent to - element 71

lutetium

In practice

Families and kinds

ytterbium metal

ytterbium compounds such as the oxide

stable isotopes from ytterbium-168 to ytterbium-176 and radioactive isotopes including ytterbium-169 and light isotopes from ytterbium-148

ytterbium-doped lasers and amplifiers

ytterbium in atomic clocks and quantum computing

Identifiers

symbol Yb

CAS 7440-64-4

Standards and regulation

Chemical safety data sheets

Radiation rules for ytterbium-169 sources

Rare earth trade rules

Failure modes and hazards

Confusing with yttrium

Radiation safety for isotope sources

Supply concentration

Also called

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Where this came from

wikidata · CC0 1.0

Also registered as vr.tr.ytterbium

Drafted structure

Bundle to layer to finding to question, as the second pass will find it: 4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions.

Identify What ytterbium is.

Identity.

Properties

Properties.

Properties

Properties.

  1. What are the physical and chemical properties of ytterbium? definition
  2. Is the question about ytterbium, yttrium or a neighbouring lanthanide? boundary

Isotopes

Isotopes.

Isotopes

Isotopes.

  1. Which isotopes exist, and how is ytterbium-169 used? definition
  2. Which entry fits the specific isotope? action
Source Occurrence and production.

Supply.

Occurrence

Occurrence.

Occurrence

Occurrence.

  1. Where does ytterbium occur, and how is it separated? provenance
  2. Which entry fits rare earth mining? action

Supply

Supply.

Supply

Supply.

  1. Who produces ytterbium, and how is it traded, with sources? measurement
  2. Which sources are cited? provenance
Use Uses.

Application.

Lasers

Lasers.

Lasers

Lasers.

  1. How are ytterbium-doped fibre and disk lasers used in industry? provenance
  2. Which entry fits fibre laser? action

Clocks

Clocks and quantum.

Clocks

Clocks.

  1. How are ytterbium atoms used in optical clocks and quantum computing, as research reports? provenance
  2. Which references are standard? provenance
Context History.

Context.

Discovery

Discovery.

Discovery

Discovery.

  1. How was ytterbium discovered by Marignac in 1878 and separated by Urbain and Auer von Welsbach? provenance
  2. Which entry fits Ytterby? action

Metrology

Metrology.

Metrology

Metrology.

  1. How might ytterbium clocks contribute to redefining the second? provenance
  2. Which entry fits the definition of the second? action

What the second pass must settle

  • Should ytterbium-doped fibre laser be a separate entry?
  • How should reference data be linked?
  • The registry entry has merged aliases naming short-lived isotopes and isomers; should they be split off?