Jean de Marignac is the one credited with discovering the element ytterbium. He found this element in Switzerland in 1878.
Yes. It has lots of stable isotopes.
jean-charles galissard de marignac
Ytterbium, Yttrium, Terbium & Erbium are all named after the city, and it's mine, where the new elements were found; Ytterby Quarry, Ytterby, Sweden.
Ytterbium oxide is any oxide of ytterbium, but especially the colourless solid Yb2O3.
Ytterbium is a naturally occuring rare earth element. However, an isotope of Ytterbium (Ytterbium-169) is an artificially produced isotope.
ytterbium man made
ytterbium has 70 protons.
Ytterbium's average atomic mass is 173.04.
Ytterbium is reactive (the Pauling scale index is 1,1).
It is a solid metal.
The element yttrium has the symbol Y. This element and the element ytterbium (Yb) are both named for a quarry town in Sweden (Ytterby).