¹⁴⁸Yb — Unstable · t½ ≈ 250 ms · Decay: β⁺ → ¹⁴⁸Tm · Type: synthetic · Uses: research.
¹⁴⁹Yb — Unstable · t½ ≈ 650 ms · Decay: β⁺ → ¹⁴⁹Tm · Type: synthetic · Uses: research.
¹⁵⁰Yb — Unstable · t½ ≈ 2.0 s · Decay: β⁺ → ¹⁵⁰Tm · Type: synthetic · Uses: research.
¹⁵¹Yb — Unstable · t½ ≈ 3.0 s · Decay: β⁺ → ¹⁵¹Tm · Type: synthetic · Uses: research.
¹⁵²Yb — Unstable · t½ ≈ 4.0 s · Decay: β⁺ → ¹⁵²Tm · Type: synthetic · Uses: research.
¹⁵³Yb — Unstable · t½ ≈ 4.2 s · Decay: β⁺ → ¹⁵³Tm · Type: synthetic · Uses: research.
¹⁵⁴Yb — Unstable · t½ ≈ 7.5 s · Decay: β⁺ → ¹⁵⁴Tm · Type: synthetic · Uses: research.
¹⁵⁵Yb — Unstable · t½ ≈ 10.0 s · Decay: β⁺ → ¹⁵⁵Tm · Type: synthetic · Uses: research.
¹⁵⁶Yb — Unstable · t½ ≈ 26.0 s · Decay: β⁺ → ¹⁵⁶Tm · Type: synthetic · Uses: research.
¹⁵⁷Yb — Unstable · t½ ≈ 40.0 s · Decay: β⁺ → ¹⁵⁷Tm · Type: synthetic · Uses: research.
¹⁵⁸Yb — Unstable · t½ ≈ 1.5 min · Decay: β⁺ → ¹⁵⁸Tm · Type: synthetic · Uses: research.
¹⁵⁹Yb — Unstable · t½ ≈ 1.5 min · Decay: β⁺ → ¹⁵⁹Tm · Type: synthetic · Uses: research.
¹⁶⁰Yb — Unstable · t½ ≈ 6.0 min · Decay: β⁺ → ¹⁶⁰Tm · Type: synthetic · Uses: research.
¹⁶¹Yb — Unstable · t½ ≈ 4.2 min · Decay: β⁺ → ¹⁶¹Tm · Type: synthetic · Uses: research.
¹⁶²Yb — Unstable · t½ ≈ 18.9 min · Decay: β⁺ → ¹⁶²Tm · Type: synthetic · Uses: research.
¹⁶³Yb — Unstable · t½ ≈ 10.0 min · Decay: β⁺ → ¹⁶³Tm · Type: synthetic · Uses: research.
¹⁶⁴Yb — Stable · — · Type: stable (primordial) · Uses: isotope tracer.
¹⁶⁵Yb — Unstable · t½ ≈ 9.9 min · Decay: β⁻ → ¹⁶⁵Lu · Type: synthetic · Uses: research.
¹⁶⁶Yb — Stable · — · Type: stable (primordial) · Uses: isotope tracer.
¹⁶⁷Yb — Stable · — · Type: stable (primordial) · Uses: isotope tracer.
¹⁶⁸Yb — Stable · — · Type: stable (primordial) · Uses: isotope tracer.
¹⁶⁹Yb — Stable · — · Type: stable (primordial) · Uses: isotope tracer.
¹⁷⁰Yb — Stable · — · Type: stable (primordial) · Uses: isotope tracer.
¹⁷¹Yb — Stable · — · Type: stable (primordial) · Uses: isotope tracer.
¹⁷²Yb — Stable · — · Type: stable (primordial) · Uses: isotope tracer.
¹⁷³Yb — Stable · — · Type: stable (primordial) · Uses: isotope tracer.
¹⁷⁴Yb — Stable · — · Type: stable (primordial) · Uses: isotope tracer.
¹⁷⁵Yb — Stable · — · Type: stable (primordial) · Uses: isotope tracer.
¹⁷⁶Yb — Stable · — · Type: stable (primordial) · Uses: isotope tracer.
¹⁷⁷Yb — Stable · — · Type: stable (primordial) · Uses: isotope tracer.
¹⁷⁸Yb — Stable · — · Type: stable (primordial) · Uses: isotope tracer.
¹⁷⁹Yb — Unstable · t½ ≈ 1.2 s · Decay: β⁻ → ¹⁷⁹Lu · Type: synthetic · Uses: research.
¹⁸⁰Yb — Unstable · t½ ≈ 2.0 s · Decay: β⁻ → ¹⁸⁰Lu · Type: synthetic · Uses: research.
Ytterbium — isotope count: 33 total · Stable: 7 (¹⁶⁴Yb, ¹⁶⁶Yb, ¹⁶⁸Yb, ¹⁷⁰Yb, ¹⁷¹Yb, ¹⁷²Yb, ¹⁷³Yb, ¹⁷⁴Yb, ¹⁷⁵Yb, ¹⁷⁶Yb, ¹⁷⁷Yb, ¹⁷⁸Yb) · Unstable: 22.
(Data: IAEA LiveChart, NUBASE2020, ENSDF; notable applications: Yb isotopes in optical materials, lasers, isotope tracers, and geochemistry studies.)