Berzelius

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Swedish chemist who discovered three new elements and determined the atomic weights of many others (1779-1848)

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Berzelius and Gahn wanted to use the pyrite and they also observed that the red precipitate gave off a smell like horseradish when burned. Source: Internet

Berzelius did not find any unusual metals, but Osann thought he found three new metals, which he called pluranium, ruthenium, and polinium. Source: Internet

Berzelius determined that it contained a new element. Source: Internet

Berzelius, however, did not isolate the element in its metallic state; for the first time, thorium was isolated in 1914 by D. Lely Jr. and L. Hamburger. Source: Internet

Berzelius produced boron by reducing a borofluoride salt; specifically, by heating potassium borofluoride with potassium metal. Source: Internet

Berzelius stingingly stated that "this facile kind of physiological chemistry is created at the writing table". Source: Internet

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