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1872–1938
Georges Urbain
Discovered lutetium in 1907.
Element
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1907
In 1907 Georges Urbain, in Paris, split ytterbium into two elements and reported it first, naming the new one lutetium, after Lutetia, the Latin name for Paris. Charles James, in New Hampshire, had separated a good deal of it already but delayed publishing.
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- Georges UrbainEncyclopaedia Britannica
- LutetiumRoyal Society of Chemistry
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