terbia

[tur-bee-uh]

noun

Chemistry.

1. an amorphous white powder, Tb 2 O 3 .

terbia

/ ˈtɜːbɪə /

noun

1. another name (not in technical usage) for terbium oxide

Word History and Origins

Origin of terbia¹

From New Latin, dating back to 1905–10; terbium, -ia

Example Sentences

Yttria is an exceedingly complex mixture, which has been decomposed, yielding as an intermediate product terbia.

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In 1841 Mosander, having in 1839 discovered a new element lanthanum in the mineral cerite, isolated this element and also a hitherto unrecognized substance, didymia, from crude yttria, and two years later he announced the determination of two fresh constituents of the same earth, naming them erbia and terbia.

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The other members of the group closely resemble it, and amongst them are erbia, terbia, ytterbia, scandia, &c.

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