Riddarhyttan, Sweden071
Previous | Home | NextThis panel explains how Bastnäs became well known because of Hisinger and Berzelius. They discovered cerium here in 1803. Hisinger lived in Skinnskatteberg. They discovered cerium in "Bastnäs tungsten," that is, cerite. Cerium was named for the asteroid Ceres. {LINK: Palermo105}.
