Chemistry: This Day in Science History - August 2 - Stromeyer and Cadmium

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This Day in Science History - August 2 - Stromeyer and Cadmium Aug 1st 2011, 22:05 August 2nd is Friedrich Stromeyer's birthday. Stromeyer was a German physician and chemist who is credited with the discovery of the element cadmium. He was a professor of chemistry at G�ttingen University where one of the duties was to inspect local apothecaries. One common medicine of the time was zinc oxide and Stromeyer discovered a local manufacturer was using zinc carbonate to produce zinc oxide. They found the zinc carbonate would turn yellow when heated as if it contained iron. Stromeyer brought the samples back to his laboratory and discovered a shiny blue-gray metal that turned out to be a new element. He named the element after the Greek name for zinc carbonate, kadmeia. Find out what else occurred on this day in science history. Follow Chemistry on Facebook or Twitter.

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