eka-boron

noun

noun

Etymology From eka- + boron: the name given by Dmitri Mendeleev to the then undiscovered element at the position of scandium in his periodic table.

Chemistry, Natural sciences, Physical sciences scandium

In 1880, Nilson and Cleve discovered in a Scandinavian mineral a new element which had the properties of eka-boron. They called it Scandium.1902, John Charles Hessler, Albert Lincoln Smith, Essentials of Chemistry:

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