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Ytterbium, Yttrium, Terbium, and Erbium were all named after a village in Sweden that had a mine: Ytterby We are happy that Rbium didn't become the next name o
by flowerthoughts 1y ago
Ytterbium, Yttrium, Terbium, and Erbium were all named after a village in Sweden that had a mine: Ytterby
We are happy that Rbium didn't become the next name of choice.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ytterby https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ytterby
The mine closed down long ago. Today, it's a relatively expensive location for villas.
- jensgk 1y agoYou should make a separate HN post about this :-)
- victorbjorklund 1y agoGrew up there! Always feelt so strange that those were named after where I grew up.