Cerium
Cerio (Ce, Z=58)
- Date
- 1803 · confidence high
- Place
- Stockholm, Sweden
- Credited to
- Jöns Jacob Berzelius and Wilhelm Hisinger (and Martin Klaproth)
- People
- 👤 Jöns Jacob Berzelius1779–1848👤 Martin Heinrich Klaproth1743–1817
- Field
- Matter & energy
What was discovered
Berzelius and Hisinger identified a new earth in the 'heavy stone' from Bastnäs, at the same time as Klaproth in Berlin.
Named after the dwarf planet Ceres, discovered in 1801.
What it led to
- Incandescent gas mantles (Auer)
- Lighter flints (ferrocerium)
- Automotive catalysts and glass polishing
Built on
- Bastnäs mine
- Mineral analysis
Made possible
- Ferrocerium1903
- Auer mantle