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Ytterbium, Yttrium, Terbium & Erbium are all named after the city, and it's mine, where the new elements were found; Ytterby Quarry, Ytterby, Sweden.
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What is Sweden's official name?
the official name of Sweden is the kingdom of Sweden
Is Johannes a city in Sweden?
There is no city with the name Johannes in Sweden. But there might be a town with that name.
What is the name of Swedens flag?
It doesn't really have one, it is simply called "Sveriges Flagga" meaning Sweden's Flag or the Flag of Sweden.
What is the offical name of Sweden?
Three gold crowns in a triangle formation.
What is the name of Swedens Parliament?
Sweden's parliament is called the Riksdag, referred to in Swedish as the Sveriges riksdag (meaning The National Diet of Sweden).
What eight elements are named after towns?
The eight elements that are named after towns are Berklium (97), Dunium (105), Darmstadtium (111), Erbium (68), Strontium (38), Terbium (65), Ytterbium (70), and Yttrium (39). The towns, in the corresponding order, are Berkley, CA, Dubna, Russia, Damstadt, German, Ytterby, Sweden, Strontian, Scotland, Ytterby, Sweden, Ytterby, Sweden, and Ytterby, Sweden.
Why is yttrium called yttrium?
Yttrium got its name from a town in Sweden named Ytterby. The element was discovered close to that town, and Yttrium was named after it.
What are 3 elements named after the same place?
Ytterbium, Erbium, and Terbium are all named after Ytterby, Sweden.
Origin name of the element yttrium?
The origin name for yttrium is ytterby.
Where does the name erbium come from?
It's named after the small village of Ytterby in Sweden. As are yttrium, ytterbium, and terbium. And kind of holmium (after Stockholm, and Ytterby is in the Stockholm archipelago) and thulium (not Ytterby specifically, but after "Thule", the Greek name for a region ... we're not sure exactly where and apparently neither were the Greeks, but somewhere way up north, which Ytterby fits pretty nicely, if you're feeling a little poetic). All of these elements were first isolated in ores taken from a mine near Ytterby, which is how a tiny village came to have at least four and possibly as many as six elements named after it. Gadolinium was also first discovered in ore from the same mine, but it's named after Johan Gadolin.
When was Ytterby IS created?
Ytterby IS was created in 1947.
What are the elements derived from the name of country?
Yttrium, Ytterbium, Terbium, Erbium = Ytterby, Sweden Europium = Europe Francium = France Germanium = Germany Californium = California Scandium = Scandinavia Polonium = Poland
What is the origin of yttrium?
In 1787, Carl Axel Arrhenius found a new mineral near Ytterby in Sweden and named it ytterbite, after the village. Johan Gadolin discovered yttrium's oxide in Arrhenius' sample in 1789, and Anders Gustaf Ekeberg named the new oxide yttria.
How'd erbium get its name?
this got its name by the heavy black rock found near ytterby, Er
Where did the word terbium come from?
The names of three particular chemical elements owe their origin to the town of Ytterby, a village in Sweden where they were discovered. The three elements are Erbium Terbium and Ytterbium
When was the element yttrium discovered?
The chemical element yttruim, pronounced IT-ree-em, was discovered in the year 1794 by a Finnish chemist, Johan Gadolin and is named after the town of Ytterby, Sweden.
If the chemical symbol is Yb what is the element?
The element yttrium has the symbol Y. This element and the element ytterbium (Yb) are both named for a quarry town in Sweden (Ytterby).
