History
Ytterbium, a lanthanide series element, was discovered in 1878 by Marignac who named the element after a town (Ytterby) in Sweden. The first synthesis of YbCl3 in the literature was that of Hoogschagen, in 1946. YbCl3 is now a commercially available source of Yb3+ ions and therefore of significant chemical interest.
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