lanthanum
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Summary
lanthanum is a chemical element[1]. lanthanum draws 4,810 Wikipedia views per month (chemical element category, ranking #91 of 144).[2]
Key Facts
- Discoverer or inventor: Carl Gustaf Mosander[3]
- Instance of: chemical substance[4]
- Named after: hiding[5]
- Followed by: cerium[6]
- Made from material: monazite-(La)[7], arisite-(La)[8], ancylite-(La)[9], alexkuznetsovite-(La)[10], arsenoflorencite-(La)[11], allanite-(La)[12], belovite-(La)[13], bastnäsite-(La)[14], biraite-(La)[15], cordylite-(La)[16], dissakisite-(La)[17], dyrnaesite-(La)[18], davidite-(La)[19], fluocerite-(La)[20]
- Location of discovery: Karolinska Institutet[21]
- Canonical SMILES: [La][22]
- Element symbol: La[23]
- Chemical formula: La[24]
- Subclass of: f-block[25]
- Part of: period 6[26], group 3[27], lanthanide[28]
- Commons category: Lanthanum[29]
- Unicode character: 鑭[30]
- Crystal system: hexagonal crystal system[31]
- Time of discovery or invention: January 1, 1839[32]
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Influence
Things named for lanthanum include lanthanide[33]; monazite-(La)[34], a mineral species[35]; håleniusite-(La)[36], a mineral species[37]; parisite-(La)[38], a mineral species[39]; belovite-(La)[40], a mineral species[41]; agardite-(La)[42], a mineral species[43]; allanite-(Y)[44], a mineral species[45]; and rhabdophane-(La)[46], a mineral species[47].
Why It Matters
lanthanum has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[48] lanthanum is known by 64 alternative names across languages and contexts.[49]
Entities named for lanthanum include lanthanide[33]; monazite-(La)[34], a mineral species[35]; håleniusite-(La)[36], a mineral species[37]; parisite-(La)[38], a mineral species[39]; belovite-(La)[40], a mineral species[41]; and agardite-(La)[42], a mineral species[43].