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yttrium

(Engels)

yttrium

Uitgespreek as (IPA)
/ˈi.tri.ʏm/
Etimologie (Engels)

In summary

Borrowed from New Latin yttrium or Swedish yttrium. Named after Ytterby in Sweden. The first mention is from the late eighteenth century, which in fact referred to gadolinite, a mineral that was at the time misidentified as an element.

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