Wasium was the suggested name of a chemical element found by J. F. Bahr.[1][2] The name was derived from the House of Vasa the Royal House of Sweden.
In 1862 Bahr analysed the mineral Orthite—Allanite-(Y)—from the Norwegian island Rönsholm and found an oxide which he concluded contained a new element. In the following years several articles were published making clear that the wasium oxide was a mixture of several other elements.[3][4][5]
Wasium was said by M. Bahr to exist in Norwegian orthite and orthite from Ytterby. Bahr also said that it existed on the island of Raenshohm.[6] Wasium was supposedly found in the mineral wasite, which is a form of allanite.[7]
References
edit- ^ Bahr, J. F. (1863). "Ueber ein neues Metalloxyd". Annalen der Physik und Chemie. 195 (8): 572. Bibcode:1863AnP...195..572B. doi:10.1002/andp.18631950804.
- ^ Bahr, J. F. (1864). "Ueber Wasiumoxyd, ein neues Metalloxyd". Journal für Praktische Chemie. 91 (1): 179. doi:10.1002/prac.18640910130.
- ^ Delafontaine, M. (1864). "Ueber das Wasium". Annalen der Chemie und Pharmacie. 131 (3): 368–372. doi:10.1002/jlac.18641310316.
- ^ "Notizen". Journal für Praktische Chemie. 91 (1): 316–320. 1864. doi:10.1002/prac.18640910151.
- ^ "Wasium". Archiv der Pharmazie. 170 (3): 254. 1864. doi:10.1002/ardp.18641700345. S2CID 221460105.
- ^ Samuel Joseph Mackie (1864), The Geologist, Volume 7, retrieved October 3, 2013
- ^ Wasium, 1913, retrieved October 3, 2013
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