Definitions for yttriums

yttriums yt·tri·um

Spelling: [ih-tree-uh m]
IPA: /ˈɪ tri əm/

Yttriums is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 165 anagrams from letters in yttriums (imrsttuy).

Definitions for yttriums

noun

  1. a rare trivalent metallic element, found in gadolinite and other minerals. Symbol: Y; atomic weight: 88.905; atomic number: 39; specific gravity: 4.47.

Origin of yttriums

1815-25; New Latin, named after Ytterby. See ytterbia, -ium

Examples for yttriums

yttrium was obtained by Whler in 1828, as a brittle, dark-grey metal, made from the chloride by the action of sodium.

One funnel of yttrium contains exactly the same number of atoms as is contained in a gaseous atom of nitrogen.

Its group members, scandium and yttrium, have the same form; we have not examined the fourth; the group is positive.

In yttrium, on the proto level, a 110 and b 63 both escape from the funnel, and behave as in scandium.

Erbium, a rare metal found along with yttrium, terbium, and other rare elements in some rare minerals.

A rare metal found by Prof. Mosander, associated with erbium and yttrium in ordinary yttria.

Nitrogen has nothing new to show us, all its constituents having appeared in scandium and yttrium.

Word Value for yttriums
Scrable

12

Words with friends

13

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