cerium: Quick Facts

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Also Known As	Ce

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chemical element rare-earth element hydrogen carbon sodium nitrogen sulfur phosphorus boron iodine fluorine zinc

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Jöns Jacob Berzelius

Jöns Jacob Berzelius

Swedish chemist

Martin Heinrich Klaproth, engraving

Martin Heinrich Klaproth

German chemist

Periodic table of the elements. Left column indicates the subshells that are being filled as atomic number Z increases. The body of the table shows element symbols and Z. analysis and measurement

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Concept artwork on the periodic table of elements.

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