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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.

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What year was the element yttrium discovered?

yttrium was discovered in the year 1794.


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 is the rare earth element discovered in 1789?

The rare earth element discovered in 1789 is yttrium. It was discovered by Swedish chemist Johan Gadolin in a mineral called ytterbite, which was later renamed as yttrium in honor of the village Ytterby in Sweden where the mineral was found.


Yttrium was discovered where?

Yttrium was discovered in P.P. island, by Charles Burnsrash- in 1666


Who discovered the first Rare EARTH Element?

The first rare earth element, yttrium, was isolated in 1794 by the Swedish chemist Johan Gadolin.


What color is Yttrium?

Yttrium is a silvery metallic element.


Is yttrium natural or synthetic?

Yttrium is a natural element found in the Earth's crust. It is not a synthetic element.


Origin name of the element yttrium?

The origin name for yttrium is ytterby.


What is the 39th element?

Yttrium


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.


Does the element yttrium exist?

Yes.


Is Yttirum an element?

Yes, Yttrium is an element as it has only one type of atom in it: Yttrium atoms. Yttrium (Y) has 39 electrons in total in one atom and, if it is a neutral atom, 39 protons. Yttrium is one of three elements named after an important scientific area of dicovery: Ytter.