☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmygrad.ml to news@hexbear.netEnglish · 11 days agoChina’s Grip on an Obscure Rare Earth Metal Threatens the West’s Militarieswww.nytimes.comexternal-linkmessage-square29linkfedilinkarrow-up198arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up198arrow-down1external-linkChina’s Grip on an Obscure Rare Earth Metal Threatens the West’s Militarieswww.nytimes.com☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmygrad.ml to news@hexbear.netEnglish · 11 days agomessage-square29linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squareInevitableSwing [none/use name]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·11 days ago Discovered in 1879 by French chemist Paul-Émile Lecoq de Boisbaudran, samarium was named after the mineral samarskite from which it was isolated. Samarium has no swagger. The chemist should have named it after himself. Boisbaudran is missing from the periodic table.
Samarium has no swagger. The chemist should have named it after himself. Boisbaudran is missing from the periodic table.