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1852–1903
Eugène-Anatole Demarçay
Discovered europium in 1901.
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1901
In 1901 Eugène-Anatole Demarçay, in Paris, used long series of crystallisations to separate a new rare earth from samarium. He named it europium, after Europe.
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- Eugène-Anatole DemarçayEncyclopaedia Britannica
- EuropiumRoyal Society of Chemistry
- Eugène-Anatole DemarçayWikipedia