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- CERIUM
- Atomic symbol - Ce
- Atomic weight - 140.115
- Atomic number - 58
- Electron configuration - 2-8-18-20-8-2
- Oxidation states - +3, +4
- State of matter - solid
- Heavy metal-brittle
- Discovered in 1803 by Jîns Jacob Berzelius and Wilhelm Hisinger
- Boils at 3257 ¯C, melts at 798 ¯C
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- Notes:
- Cerium is an iron grayish color that is about as soft and ductile as tin.
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