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Was lithium discovered in Sweden?
Actually, Lithium was discovered as a part of a mineral in Sweden in 1800. This mineral was LiAlSi4O10, which is lithium aluminum silicate. In 1817 Johan August Arfwedson, then working in the laboratory of the chemist Jöns Jakob Berzelius, detected the presence of a new element while analyzing this mineral. This element was then named Lithium.
Which brand of mobile phone is named after a city in Finland?
Sweden
What element is named after the country of france?
A highly radioactive metal named FRANCIUM was named after France.
Why was Mariefred Sweden named for Mary?
It was named after Mary because MAry lived in Sweeden for 17 years of her life.
Why was a street in Brooklyn New York named after the capital of Sweden?
Stockholm Street in Brooklyn was named for the Stockholm family, not the capital of Sweden. Abraham and Andrew Stockholm owned land in Bushwick in the 19th century.
Why was the element Nobelium named after Alfred Nobel?
It was named in 1957 from the Nobel Institute in Sweden where it was discovered.See the Related Link.
Which element was named after the region that includes Norway Sweden and Finland?
Scandium (21)
What is the element named after Scandinavia?
Strontium was named by Humphry Davy (inventor of the mining safety lamp that bears his name) in 1808. He isolated the element by electolysis and named it after Strontian, a mining village in Scotland where it was first found.
What is the slogan for the element of Erbium?
I'm curious as to why you think elements have "slogans".How about "Erbium ... ferromagnetic below 19K since the Big Bang (more or less)!" or "Erbium, easiest to spell of the four elements named after some obscure village in Sweden!"
Why is yttrium called yttrium?
Yttrium got its name from a town in Sweden named Ytterby. The element was discovered close to that town, and Yttrium was named after it.
Where is the New Sweden Historic Village in New Sweden Maine located?
The address of the New Sweden Historic Village is: 116 Station Rd, New Sweden, ME 04762
What is the web address of the New Sweden Historic Village in New Sweden Maine?
The web address of the New Sweden Historic Village is: http://www.maineswedishcolony.info
What is the phone number of the New Sweden Historic Village in New Sweden Maine?
The phone number of the New Sweden Historic Village is: 207-896-3461.
Which metallic element is named for the village near Fort William in western Scotland where its principal ore was first discovered?
Strontium - (Sr) is named after Strontian (pronounced Strawn-TEE-an, not Stronshan) a village on the Ardgour peninsula in the West Highlands.
If the chemical symbol is Yb what is the element?
The element yttrium has the symbol Y. This element and the element ytterbium (Yb) are both named for a quarry town in Sweden (Ytterby).
When was the element yttrium discovered?
The chemical element yttruim, pronounced IT-ree-em, was discovered in the year 1794 by a Finnish chemist, Johan Gadolin and is named after the town of Ytterby, Sweden.
What is ytterbium's electron configuration?
Ytterbium was discovered by Jean Charles Galissard de Marignac in 1878. He heated erbium nitrate until it decomposed and then extracted the residue, which contained an unknown white powder that he named ytterbium oxide. The pure metal was not produced until 1953. The element is named after Ytterby, a village in Sweden. Four elements are named after this town, the others being yttrium, terbium, and erbium.
