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I have found this on Wikipedia.com... Jons Jakob Berzelius founded Selenium associated with Tellerium in 1817. I sure hope this helps!!!
Selenium, Se (from Greek "σελήνη" , selene, meaning "Moon") was discovered in 1817 by Jöns Jakob Berzelius, who found the element associated with Te and S1. Tellurium (from Latin tellus, meaning "Earth") and with2. Sulfur (from Sanskrite sulvari, is biblically associated with "hell", -Genesis)in the process of making sulfuric acid. (source: WikiPedia, 2010-04-02)Selenium (Greek σελήνη selene meaning "Moon") was discovered in 1817 by Jöns Jakob Berzelius who found the element associated with Tellurium (named for the Earth).
In 1803, Jons Jakob Berzelius and Wilhelm Hisinger both discovered Cerium in Bastnas, Sweden. In the same year, Martin Heinrich Klaproth also discovered it in Germany. Cerium was named by Berzelius after the dwarf planet, Ceres.
Se is the symbol of Selenium by taking the first two letters of its name.The name's origin was explained in another answer from me:Selenium, Se, (from Greek "σελήνη" , selene, meaning "Moon") was discovered in 1817 by Jöns Jakob Berzelius, who found the element associated with Te and S,in the process of making sulfuric acid. (source: WikiPedia, 2010-04-02)1. Tellurium (from Latin tellus, meaning "Earth") and with2. Sulfur (from Sanskrit sulvari, is biblically associated with "hell", -Genesis)3. Oxygen, O, from 2 Greek roots "ὀξύς" (oxys) ( = acid, literally "sharp", from the taste of acids) and "γενής" (-genēs) ( = producer, literally begetter)Those four elements are all in the same group, number 16 of the periodic table.
Her husband, Pierre Curie, worked with Marie Curie when they discovered Polonium. The Curies also discovered that Thorium, discovered in 1829 by Jöns Jakob Berzelius, emits radiation.
Jöns Jakob Berzelius
It could be Jons Jakob Berzeliis Jon Jakob Berzelius devised the system using letters of the alphabet as chemical symbols in 1813.
Jöns Jakob Berzelius was born on August 20, 1779.
Jöns Jakob Berzelius was born on August 20, 1779.
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Thorium was discovered by Jons Jakob Berzelius.
Jöns Jakob Berzelius died on August 7, 1848 at the age of 68.
Jon Jakob Berzelius didn't actually help make the table. He was the first to propose the idea of a system that organized the elements and their symbols. Later on, Dmitri Mendeleev actually started to create the table, now known as the Periodic Table of Elements. he helped make the table!!! DIZZZOY!!! he founded Calcium in the periodic table
Jöns Jakob Berzelius was born on August 20, 1779 and died on August 7, 1848. Jöns Jakob Berzelius would have been 68 years old at the time of death or 235 years old today.
Jons Jakob Berzelius (Sweden) in 1815.
Thorium was discovered by Jons Jakob Berzelius in 1828.
Selenium was discovered in 1817 by Jöns Jakob Berzelius