Ytterbium is a metallic element, number 70 on the periodic table.
Rom used a spatula composed of copper-ytterbium in Deep Space 9's holosuites core memory interface. It was an ideal plasma conductor due to its composition. (DS9: "Our Man Bashir")
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- Ytterbium at Memory Beta, the wiki for licensed Star Trek works
- Ytterbium at Wikipedia