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In 1789 Klaproth discovered a new mineral; he make a confusion between the element and mineral and considering pitchblende the element named this uranium.
In 1842 Peligot showed that this mineral is an oxide and separated uranium as a chemical element, a metal.
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â 12y ago- In 1789 the German Martin Heinrich Klaproth discovered uranium as an oxide in the mineral pitchblende from Joachimow.
- In 1841 the French Eugene Melchior Peligot obtained uranium as a pure metal.
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â 12y agoIn 1789 Martin Heinrich Klaproth, a German chemist, analyzed a new mineral and has confused this mineral (an oxide) with a new metal. The name uranium was proposed also by Klaproth, derived from the name of the planet Uranus discovered by Herschel in 1781.
In 1841 a French scientist, Eugene Péligot isolated the pure metallic element uranium.
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â 12y agoDiscovered as an oxide by Martin Klaproth in 1789, first separated as a pure metal by Eugene Melchior Peligot in 1841.
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â 10y agoUranium was discovered as an oxide in 1789 by Martin Heinrich Klaproth after the study of a mineral from Joachimov.
Uranium as a pure metal was obtained by Eugene Peligot in 1841.
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