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ekaboron |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Scandium \Scan"di*um\, n. [NL. So called because found in Scandinavian minerals.] (Chem.) A rare metallic element of the boron group whose existence was predicted under the provisional name {ekaboron} by means of the periodic law, and subsequently discovered by spectrum analysis in certain rare Scandinavian minerals (euxenite and gadolinite). It has not yet been isolated. Symbol Sc Atomic weight 44. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Ekabor \Ek"a*bor`\ ([e^]k"[.a]*b[=o]r`), Ekaboron \Ek"a*bo"ron\ (-b[=o]"r[o^]n), n. [G., fr Skr. [=e]ka one + G. bor, boron, E. boron.] (Chem.) The name given by Mendelejeff in accordance with the periodic law, and by prediction, to a hypothetical element then unknown, but since discovered and named {scandium}; -- so called because it was a missing analogue of the boron group See {Scandium}.
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