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erbium

The origin and history of erbium.

Etymology

The word was borrowed from New Latin erbium, which is built from Ytterby, the Swedish town where the element was discovered, plus -ium. The Swedish chemist Carl Gustaf Mosander coined it in 1843.

Origin: New Latin

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