cerium
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Summary
cerium is a chemical element[1]. cerium draws 4,300 Wikipedia views per month (chemical element category, ranking #90 of 144).[2]
Key Facts
- Discoverer or inventor: Martin Heinrich Klaproth[3], Jöns Jacob Berzelius[4]
- Named after: Ceres[5]
- Made from material: monazite-(Ce)[6], fergusonite-(Ce)[7], gadolinite-(Ce)[8], abenakiite-(Ce)[9], alnaperbøeite-(Ce)[10], anzaite-(Ce)[11], astrocyanite-(Ce)[12], aluminocerite-(CeCa)[13], aeschynite-(Ce)[14], arisite-(Ce)[15], armellinoite-(Ce)[16], arrheniusite-(Ce)[17], ancylite-(Ce)[18], alexkuznetsovite-(Ce)[19]
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Things named for cerium include aeschynite-(Ce)[20], a mineral species[21]; monazite-(Ce)[22], a mineral species[23]; cerianite-(Ce)[24], a mineral species[25]; britholite-(Ce)[26], a mineral species[27]; gagarinite-(Ce)[28], a mineral species[29]; belovite-(Ce)[30], a mineral species[31]; wakefieldite-(Ce)[32], a mineral species[33]; and allanite-(Ce)[34], a mineral species[35].
Why It Matters
cerium has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[36] cerium is known by 61 alternative names across languages and contexts.[37]
Entities named for cerium include aeschynite-(Ce)[20], a mineral species[21]; monazite-(Ce)[22], a mineral species[23]; cerianite-(Ce)[24], a mineral species[25]; britholite-(Ce)[26], a mineral species[27]; gagarinite-(Ce)[28], a mineral species[29]; and belovite-(Ce)[30], a mineral species[31].