Lucium Explained

Lucium was the proposed name for an alleged new element found by chemist Prosper Barrière in 1896 in the mineral monazite.^{[1] [2]} Later, William Crookes confirmed that the new element was actually an impure sample of yttrium.^[3]

References

• Winkler . C. . 1897 . Ueber die Entdeckung neuer Elemente im Verlaufe der letzten fünfundzwanzig Jahre und damit zusammenhängende Fragen . . 30 . 6–21 . 10.1002/cber.18970300103.
• Web site: Patent US567571 - Prosper barriers - Google Patente. google.de. 2015-11-09.
• Book: The Mineral Industry. 1897. Bd. 5. Scientific Publishing Company. 0096-509X. 2015-11-09.
• Web site: Amazon.fr - Notice nécrologique. Prosper Barrière, par Paul Duplan - Paul Duplan - Livres. amazon.fr. 2015-11-09.

Notes and References

1. 1897 . Referate . . 15 . 1 . 456–476 . 10.1002/zaac.18970150164.
2. H . J. L. . 1896 . Notes on Inorganic Chemistry . 4 . 100 . 790–791 . . 1896Sci.....4..790H . 10.1126/science.4.100.790-a . 17734842.
3. Book: Brock . W. H. . 2008 . William Crookes (1832–1919) and the commercialization of science . 322 . . 978-0-7546-6322-5.