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Definition of Erbium

1. Noun. A trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group; occurs with yttrium.

Definition of Erbium

1. n. A rare metallic element associated with several other rare elements in the mineral gadolinite from Ytterby in Sweden. Symbol Er. Atomic weight 165.9. Its salts are rose-colored and give characteristic spectra. Its sesquioxide is called erbia.

2. n. A metallic element of the rare earth group, found in gadolinite and some other minerals. Symbol, Er; at. wt. 167.4. Its salts are rose-colored and give characteristic spectra.

Definition of Erbium

1. Noun. a metallic chemical element (''symbol'' Er) with an atomic number of 68. ¹

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Definition of Erbium

1. a metallic element [n -S]

Medical Definition of Erbium

1. A rare metallic element associated with several other rare elements in the mineral gadolinite from Ytterby in Sweden. Its salts are rose-coloured and give characteristic spectra. Its sesquioxide is called erbia. Atomic weight: 165.9 Abbreviation: Er Origin: NL. From Ytterby, in Sweden, where gadolinite is found. Cf. Terbium, Yttrium, Ytterbium. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

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Literary usage of Erbium

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1. A Treatise on Chemistry by Henry Enfield Roscoe, Carl Schorlemmer (1884)
"Its salts closely resemble those of yttrium. erbium Oxide ... The salts of erbium, which have been completely investigated by Cleve and Hoeglund, ..."

2. A Dictionary of Chemistry and the Allied Branches of Other Sciences by Henry Watts (1869)
"179), who moreover finds that the absorption-spectrum of an erbium-solution exhibits certain bands, identical with those of didymium (ii. ..."

3. A Dictionary of Applied Chemistry by Thomas Edward Thorpe (1921)
"At Epsom in Surrey, from which placo the name is derived, the salt occurs only m solution in mineral waters. LJS ! erbium or Neo-erbium. Sym. ..."

4. Technical Digest edited by G. W. Day, D. L. Franzen, P. A. Williams (1999)
"Introduction Optical amplifiers based on erbium-doped fiber have enabled tremendous increases in the capacity and functionality of optical networks. ..."

5. The Chemical News and Journal of Industrial Science (1908)
"Putting aside the middle pure erbium fractions, to which I shall not ... For instance, it was very remarkable that the separation process for erbium and ..."

6. A Dictionary of Applied Chemistry by Thomas Edward Thorpe (1912)
"On extraction with water, the erbium compounds remain undis- solved, ... The latter consist chiefly of erbium salts mixed with some ytterbium and scandium ..."

7. Principles of chemical philosophy by Josiah Parsons Cooke (1874)
"The oxide of yttrium is white, that of erbium slightly rose-colored. Oxide of erbium, when heated in a colorless flame, shines with a green light, ..."

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