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Carl Axel Arrhenius
Swedish chemist (1757–1824) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Not to be confused with Svante Arrhenius.
Carl Axel Arrhenius (29 March 1757 – 20 November 1824)[1] was a Swedish military officer, amateur geologist, and chemist. He is best known for his discovery of the mineral ytterbite (later called gadolinite) in 1787.
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Born | (1757-03-29)29 March 1757 |
Died | 20 November 1824(1824-11-20) (aged 67) |
Known for | Discovery of mineral ytterbite |
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The discovery of ytterbite was the first step in identifying an entire group of previously unknown elements, the rare earths.[2][3] Eight stable rare earth elements were eventually extracted from ytterbite: terbium, dysprosium, holmium, erbium, thulium, ytterbium, lutetium, and yttrium.[4]