Yttrium is in group 3 on the periodic table, also known as the scandium group.
Yttrium possesses both physical and chemical properties. Its physical properties include being a silvery metal with a high melting point, while its chemical properties include reacting with oxygen to form yttrium oxide and with acids to form salts.
Yttrium is in group 3 on the periodic table, also known as the scandium group.
The chemical element yttruim, pronounced IT-ree-em, was discovered in the year 1794 by a Finnish chemist, Johan Gadolin and is named after the town of Ytterby, Sweden.
Yttrium possesses both physical and chemical properties. Its physical properties include being a silvery metal with a high melting point, while its chemical properties include reacting with oxygen to form yttrium oxide and with acids to form salts.
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