{{Element | name=Ytterbium | symbol=Yb | anumber=70 | amass=173.04 amu | state=Solid | class=Metallic | cstructure=Cubic face centered| color=silvery, oxidises slowly in air and reacts with water | date=1878 | discname=Jean Charles Galissard de Marignac | origname=Named for Ytterby, Sweden | uses=Used in metallurgical and chemical experiments and sometimes used in stress gauges. | obtained=Found in minerals such as yttria, monazite, gadolinite, and xenotime. }}
{{Element | name=Ytterbium | symbol=Yb | anumber=70 | amass=173.04 amu | state=Solid | class=Metallic | cstructure=Cubic face centered| color=silvery, oxidises slowly in air and reacts with water | date=1878 | discname=Jean Charles Galissard de Marignac | origname=Named for Ytterby, Sweden | uses=Used in metallurgical and chemical experiments and sometimes used in stress gauges. | obtained=Found in minerals such as yttria, monazite, gadolinite, and xenotime. }}
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'''Ytterbium''' is a soft [[metal]]lic element. It belongs to the rare earth group.<ref>https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ytterbium</ref>