- Decipium
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Decipium was the proposed name for a new chemical element isolated by Marc Delafontaine from the mineral samarskite. He published his discovery in 1878 and a followup paper in 1881.[1][2][3] Later it was shown that decipium was a mixture of samarium and other rare earth elements.
References
- ^ Delafontaine, Marc (1878). "Sur le décepium, métal nouveau de la samarskite". Journal de pharmacie et de chimie 28: 540. http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k78100m.image.r=Decipium.f548.langEN.
- ^ Delafontaine, Marc (1881). "Sur le décipium et le samarium". Comptes rendus hebdomadaires 93: 63. http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k3049g.image.r=Decipium.f63.langEN.
- ^ Delafontaine, Marc (1878). "Sur le décepium, métal nouveau de la samarskite". Comptes rendus hebdomadaires 87: 632. http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k3044x.image.r=Decipium.f694.langEN.
Categories:- Misidentified chemical elements
- Samarium
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