The Discovery of the Element Gallium (490 words, 3 pages)
Gallium1871 Dmitrii Ivanovich Mendelev predicts the existance and properties of theelement after zinc in the periodic table. He Gives it the name "eka aluminium".1875 Paul Emile Lecoq de Boisbaudran discovers gallium. Its properties closelymatch those predicted by Mendelev.Gallium, atomic number 31, is very similar to aluminum in its chemicalproperties. It ...
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