Four chemical elements — yttrium, erbium, terbium, and ytterbium, are named after the village of Ytterby in Sweden, near which they had been first found in the mineral gadolinite.
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Yttrium
/ˈɪtɹiːəm/
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5 entriesyttrium alloyyttrium nitrideyttrium oxideyttrium-89yttrium-90
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6 entriesrare earth metalyttrium alloyyttrium hydrideyttrium metalyttrium nitrideyttrium oxide
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