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Yb

Ytterbium

Z 
70
Mass 
173.045
Lifeforce 
Earth
A pendulum hangs motionless above a marked floor in an empty room.
Plate · Ytterbium Ytterbium measures time as precisely as almost nothing else in the world.

Stable earth: holds form, endures, builds the structures on which all else stands. The slow time of matter, the patience of mountains.

Born in supernova explosions, the death of massive stars scattering their innards across the galaxy.

Family portrait: this element's own portrait is not written yet. Mendeleev left gaps; we label ours.

Tool · Cosmic origin

Where your atoms come from

Yb · Supernova

Born in supernova explosions, the death of massive stars scattering their innards across the galaxy.

65 of the 118 elements share this origin.

Choose a stage: click, or arrow keys. · Cosmic nucleosynthesis · current standard model

Tool · Periodic table

Your place in the system

  • Fire
  • Water
  • Air
  • Earth
  • Source

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