Periodic Table · element

Yttrium

Y · Z 39

atomic number

39

atomic mass

88.906

notation

Y

group

3: Scandium

period

5

state0c

Solid

state20c

Solid

occurrence

Primordial

density

4.472

melting pt

1525

boiling pt

3336

discovered

1794

abundance

33

ore grade

2000

ore minerals

xenotime, ion-adsorption clays

mined as

By-product

extraction

Chemically a heavy rare earth and mined with them, from clays and xenotime, by the same in-situ leach and solvent-extraction route.

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