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Definition of Davyum

Davyum
Davyum Da"vy*um, n. [Named after Sir Humphry Davy, the English chemist.] (Chem.) A rare metallic element found in platinum ore. It is a white malleable substance. Symbol Da. Atomic weight 154.

Meaning of Davyum from wikipedia

- Davyum was the proposed name for a chemical element found by chemist Serge Kern in 1877. It was shown that the material was a mixture of iridium and rhodium...
- Niobium–tantalum alloy 1847 R. Hermann Ilmenium Niobium–tantalum alloy 1877 Serge Kern Davyum Iridium–rhodium–iron alloy 1896 Prosper Barrière Lucium Yttrium 1908 Masataka...
- and neodymium. Mosander wrongly believed didymium to be an element. Da Davyum 43 Discredited claim to discovery of technetium. Db Dubhium 69 Eder wrongly...
- 761–764. doi:10.1021/ja02036a004. Kern, Serge (1877). "On a new metal, davyum". Philos. Mag. Series 5. 4 (23): 158–159. doi:10.1080/14786447708639315...