Decipium

Decipium

Decipium

Proposed chemical element.

Decipium was the proposed name for a new chemical element isolated by Marc Delafontaine from the mineral samarskite. He published his discovery in 1878 and later published a follow-up paper in 1881.[1][2][3]

Decipium was considered to be in the cerium group of rare earths.[4]

In 1880, spectral analysis proved that decipium had a high samarium content. It is now believed that Delafontaine's decipium sample was a mixture of samarium with traces of other rare earth elements.[5]

References

  1. [1]
    Delafontaine, Marc (1878). "Sur le décepium, métal nouveau de la samarskite". Journal de pharmacie et de chimie. 28: 540.
  2. [2]
    Delafontaine, Marc (1881). "Sur le décipium et le samarium". Comptes rendus hebdomadaires des séances de l'Académie des sciences. 93: 63.
  3. [3]
    Delafontaine, Marc (1878). "Sur le décepium, métal nouveau de la samarskite". Comptes rendus hebdomadaires des séances de l'Académie des sciences. 87: 632.
  4. [4]
    Harmsworth's Universal Encyclopaedia vol X, 1922 p6493 Rare Earths.
  5. [5]
    Marco Fontani; Mariagrazia Costa; Mary Virginia Orna (13 October 2014). The Lost Elements: The Periodic Table's Shadow Side. Oxford University Press. pp. 122–123. ISBN 978-0-19-938334-4.


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