Davyum

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Davyum was the proposed name for a chemical element found by chemist Serge Kern in 1877. [1] [2] [3] It was shown that the material was a mixture of iridium and rhodium. [4] In 1950 it was proposed that the new metal might also have contained rhenium, which had not been discovered in Kern's time. [5]

The proposed name paid homage to the acclaimed British chemist Sir Humphry Davy, who himself had discovered a multitude of elements, including sodium, potassium, calcium, and magnesium.

References

  1. ↑ Kern, Serge (1877). "On a new metal, davyum". Philosophical Magazine. Series 5. 4 (23): 158–159. doi:10.1080/14786447708639315.
  2. ↑ Kern, Serge (1877). "On a new metal, davyum". Philosophical Magazine. Series 5. 4 (26): 395–396. doi:10.1080/14786447708639360.
  3. ↑ "Davyum1". Nature. 17 (430): 245–246. 1878. Bibcode:1878Natur..17..245.. doi: 10.1038/017245a0 .
  4. ↑ Swjaginzew, O.; Korsunski, M.; Seljakow, N. (1927). "Dwimangan in Platinerzen". Zeitschrift für Angewandte Chemie. 40 (9): 256. Bibcode:1927AngCh..40..256S. doi:10.1002/ange.19270400905.
  5. ↑ Friend, J. Newton; Druce, J. G. F. (1950). "Davyum, a Possible Precursor of Rhenium (Element 75)". Nature. 165 (4203): 819. Bibcode:1950Natur.165..819F. doi: 10.1038/165819a0 . PMID   15423460. S2CID   1276756.


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