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Ytterbium vs Lanthanide - What's the difference?

ytterbium | lanthanide |

As nouns the difference between ytterbium and lanthanide

is that ytterbium is a metallic chemical element (symbol Yb) with an atomic number of 70 while lanthanide is any of the 14 rare earth elements from cerium (or from lanthanum) to lutetium in the periodic table; because their outermost orbitals are empty, they have very similar chemistry; below them are the actinides.

ytterbium

English

Noun

(-) (wikipedia ytterbium)
  • A metallic chemical element (symbol Yb) with an atomic number of 70.

    • Synonyms

    * aldebaranium (name proposed by , one of the discoverers of ytterbium, but rejected )

    Derived terms

    * diytterbium trioxide * ytterbium oxide * ytterbium trichloride

    Related terms

    * erbium * neoytterbia * terbium * ytter * ytterbia * ytterbic * ytterbite * ytterite * yttria * yttrium

    lanthanide

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia lanthanide) (en noun)
  • (chemistry) Any of the 14 rare earth elements from cerium (or from lanthanum) to lutetium in the periodic table; because their outermost orbitals are empty, they have very similar chemistry; below them are the actinides.

    • Usage notes

    * According to IUPAC - "Although lanthanoid means 'like lanthanum' and so should not include lanthanum, lanthanum has become included by common usage. Similarly, actinoid. The ending 'ide' normally indicates a negative ion, and therefore lanthanoid and actinoid are preferred to lanthanide and actinide. However, lanthanide and actinide are still allowed owing to wide current use."

    Synonyms

    * lanthanate (obsolete) * lanthanoid (including lanthanum ) * lanthanon (proposed to avoid confusion with the usual meaning in chemistry of -ide ) * rare-earth element

    Derived terms

    * lanthanide contraction * lanthanide series

    See also

    * cerium * praseodymium * neodymium * promethium * samarium * europium * gadolinium * terbium * dysprosium * holmium * erbium * thulium * ytterbium * lutetium