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Which chemical element honors Johan Gadolin, a Finnish chemist who studied the mineral it was later named for but never isolated the element himself?
Answer
Gadolinium
Gadolinium was named in honor of Johan Gadolin, who in 1794 identified a new rare-earth-bearing mineral (later called gadolinite), though the element itself was isolated decades after his work.
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Gadolinium is named after Johan Gadolin, a Finnish chemist who never actually discovered it—he identified the mineral it came from.
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- Curium
- Einsteinium
- Mendelevium
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- periodic-table
- elements
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