erbia
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erbia (uncountable)
(inorganic chemistry) erbium oxide Er2O3; Discovered in 1843, by Carl Gustaf Mosander.
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After 1860, terbia was renamed erbia and after 1877 what had been known as erbia was renamed terbia.
Amara outlined the decreasing fill rates of the Tensift dam in Marrakech (-37%), the Oum Erbia dam (-47%), the Abdelmoumen dam (-67%), the Bouregreg basin (-49%), and the Draa basin (-58%) compared to the year prior.
Cleve started by removing all of the known contaminants of erbia ( Er 2 3 ).
In 1879, Swedish chemist Per Theodor Cleve separated in the rare earth erbia another two previously unknown components, which he called holmia and thulia : these were the oxides of holmium and thulium respectively.
Arguments went back and forth as to whether erbia even existed.