Carl Axel Arrhenius

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Carl Axel Arrhenius

Swedish army lieutenant

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rare-earth element
Discovery and history
…1787 the Swedish army lieutenant Carl Axel Arrhenius discovered a unique black mineral in a small quarry in Ytterby (a small town near Stockholm). That mineral was a mixture of rare earths, and the first individual element to be isolated was cerium in 1803.
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…1787 the Swedish army lieutenant Carl Axel Arrhenius discovered a unique black mineral in a small quarry in Ytterby (a small town near Stockholm). That mineral was a mixture of rare earths, and the first individual element to be isolated was cerium in 1803.
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