Chemical Element: terbium
(Modern Latin: named for Ytterby, a village in Sweden; rare earth)
Chemical-Element Information
Symbol: TbAtomic number: 65
Year discovered: 1843
Discovered by: Carl Gustav Mosander (1797-1858), a Swedish scientist.
- Terbium was discovered by Carl Gustav Mosander in 1843.
- He detected it as an impurity in yttria which is yttrium oxide.
- Its existence was not confirmed for at least 30 years and pure compounds were not prepared until 1905.
Name in other languages:
French: terbium
German: Terbium
Italian: terbio
Spanish: terbio
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