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  • Ytterbium (Yb)-Discovery, Occurrence, Production, Properties and Applications of Ytterbium
    Article - 7 Dec 2012
    A French chemist Jean-Charles-Galissard de Marignac discovered the element called Ytterbium. At first the element yttrium was discovered from which elements like erbium and terbium were extracted.
  • High-Absorption, Photodarkening-Resistant Ytterbium-Doped Fibers Available from nLight
    News - 12 May 2010
    nLIGHT Corporation (nLIGHT) today announced availability of a high-absorption, photodarkening-resistant version of its standard LEIKKI ytterbium-doped fibers. These large-mode-areas, low...
  • Ytterbium Atomic Clocks Amongst the Most Accurate
    News - 11 Aug 2009
    An experimental atomic clock based on ytterbium atoms is about four times more accurate than it was several years ago, giving it a precision comparable to that of the NIST-F1 cesium fountain clock,...
  • New Use Found for Ytterbium
    News - 22 Jul 2009
    Ytterbium was discovered in 1878, but until it recently became useful in atomic clocks, the soft metal rarely made the news. Now ytterbium has a new claim to scientific fame. Measurements with...
  • NIST Experimental Atomic Clock Uses Heavy Metal Ytterbium 'Pancakes'
    News - 8 Mar 2006
    Scientists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) working with Russian colleagues have significantly improved the design of optical atomic clocks that hold thousands of atoms in...
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    Mo-Sci, a world leader in precision glass technology, explores and develops new and exciting ways for their products and services to integrate within a wide variety of useful...
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  • Chin a Rare Metal Materials (CRM)
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    China rare metal material co., ltd offer all full range of rare earth products, including rare earth metal, distilled rare metal, rare earth oxide, rare earth boride, Rare Earth Fluoride, Rare Earth...
  • Unified Numbering System for Rare Earth Metals and Alloys
    Article - 29 Jun 2012
    The Unified Numbering System was developed by ASTM and SAE in order to correlate a number of varied numbering systems for commercial alloys and metals.This article covers rare earth metals and alloys.

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