Johan Gadolin ( Swede. Johan Gadolin ; June 5, 1760 , Abo , Sweden - August 15, 1852 , Wirmo , Grand Duchy of Finland ) - Finnish chemist, physicist and mineralogist, pioneer of the rare earth element of yttrium .
| Johan Gadolin | |
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| Swede. Johan gadolin | |
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| Date of Birth | June 5, 1760 |
| Place of Birth | Abo , Sweden |
| Date of death | August 15, 1852 (92 years old) |
| A place of death | Wirmo , VKF |
| A country |  Sweden →  Russian empire |
| Scientific field | physicist , chemist |
| Place of work | Royal Academy of Abo |
| Alma mater | Royal Academy of Abo |
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| Known as | discoverer yttrium |
The traditional spelling of the name of a scientist in Russian-language literature until the middle of the 20th century is Johann Gadolin.
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Biography
Born on June 5, 1760 in the city of Abo, in the Grand Duchy of Finland, which was then part of the Kingdom of Sweden . He began to study mathematics at the Royal Academy of Abo , but found it too complicated and switched to the study of chemistry.
In 1779 he continued his studies at Uppsala University .
From 1790 to 1822 - professor at the Royal Academy of Abo . Corresponding Member of the Petersburg Academy of Sciences (1811).
In 1794, examining a mineral found near Ytterby (Sweden), first called ytterbit, and subsequently gadolinite [1] , it discovered in it an previously unknown “earth”, called yttrium and turned out to be a mixture of rare earth oxides , one of which was called gadolinium .
Gadolin died on August 15, 1852 from heart failure .
Major works
- De theoria caloris corporum specifici. - Uppsala, 1792.
- Some notes on the nature of phlogiston. - 1788.
- Intending till Chemien. - Abo, 1798.
- Systema fossilium. - Berlin, 1825.
See also
- Gadolinium
- Gadolinite
Notes
- ↑ Gadolin, Johann // Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary : in 86 volumes (82 volumes and 4 additional). - SPb. , 1890-1907.
Literature
- One hundred wonderful Finns. Kaleidoscope of biographies = 100 suomalaista pienoiselämäkertaa venäjäksi / Ed. Timo Vihavainen per. with finnish. I.M.Solomeshcha. - Helsinki : Society of Finnish Literature ( Suomalaisen Kirjallisuuden Seura ), 2004 .-- 814 p. - ISBN 951-746-522-X . . - Electronic version (Retrieved January 26, 2009)
- Gadolin // Nordisk familjebok : [ Swede. ] . - 1908. - T. 9. - S. 546-548.