Wednesday, March 31, 2021

Anders Gustaf Ekeberg: Discoverer of tantalum

Anders Gustaf Ekeberg (1767-1813) was a Swedish scientist, mathematician, and poet. He was born in 1767 in Sweden. He was partially deaf from a childhood illness but the further loss of an eye (1801) caused by an exploding flask did not impede his work.

Ekeberg studied in Uppsala, Greifswald, and Berlin from 1784 to 1790. After graduation from the University of Uppsala and travels in Germany, Ekeberg returned to Uppsala and became a professor at Uppsala University in 1794.

He initially made his name by developing advanced analytical techniques and by proposing Swedish names for the common chemical elements according to the principles set out by the "father of modern chemistry" Antoine-Laurent de Lavoisier.

Ekeberg is remembered chiefly for his discovery of the element tantalum. It was in 1802 that Ekeberg discovered the element tantalum (Ta) through his analysis of two minerals - yttrotantalite from Ytterby, Sweden, and tantalite from Kimito, Finland.
Anders Gustaf Ekeberg: Discoverer of tantalum
at 8:52 AM
Labels: ,

The most popular articles

  • Sir William Ramsay and the Discovery of the Noble Gases
    Sir William Ramsay, born on October 2, 1852, in Glasgow, Scotland, was a pioneering chemist whose discoveries profoundly transformed the per...
  • Friedrich Sertürner (1783-1855)
    Physicians have used herbs and other plants products to treat disease for centuries. During the 19th century, scientist began to pinpoint th...
  • Franz von Soxhlet (1848–1926)
    German agricultural chemist Franz Ritter von Soxhlet was born in Brno on January 12, 1848 of Belgian parents. Obtaining hi PhD from Universi...
  • Nicolas-Louis Vauquelin
    Nicolas-Louis Vauquelin (16 May 1763 – 14 November 1829), was a hard-working French chemist. He published 378 scientific papers that mainly ...
  • John Dalton: English scientist
    John Dalton is best known for his atomic theory and research in color blindness. John Dalton was born on 6 September 1766 at the village of ...

Other interesting articles

  • Food Technology and Processing
    Iodine is an essential element in human nutrition, primarily as a component of the thyroid hormone, thyroxine. This hormone plays a critical role in regula...
  • Food Science
    Selenium, an essential trace element, plays a crucial role in various bodily functions, including antioxidant defense and thyroid hormone metabolism. Plant...
  • Healthy Mind
    Delusional Misidentification Syndromes (DMS) are a group of rare, complex psychiatric conditions characterized by persistent and irrational misidentifica...
  • Famous People
    Henry Graham Greene, born on October 2, 1904, in Berkhamsted, England, remains one of the most influential English writers and journalists of the 20th ce...
BannerFans.com