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1776–1835
Friedrich Stromeyer
Discovered cadmium in 1817.
Element
48CdCadmium
1817
In 1817 Friedrich Stromeyer, in Göttingen, traced a yellow tint in some zinc oxide to an unknown metal. He named it cadmium, after cadmia, the old name for zinc ore.
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- Friedrich StromeyerEncyclopaedia Britannica
- CadmiumRoyal Society of Chemistry
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