
Eka-aluminium is gallium
The Hindu
November 22 marks the 150th anniversary of Dmitri Mendeleev claiming that the element discovered by Paul-Émile Lecoq de Boisbaudran was in fact the eka-aluminium he had predicted, paving the way for the acceptance of his periodic table. A.S.Ganesh tells you more about gallium’s discovery and the role it played in a tussle over priority…
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