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What element was discovered 6 years after Mendeleev created his diagram? Where did its name originate?

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  • Anonymous
    10 years ago
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    Gallium, discovered by Paul-Emile Lecoq de Boisbaudran in 1875.

    Word Origin: Latin Gallia, France and gallus, a translation of Lecoq, a cock (name of its discoverer was Lecoq de Boisbaudran)

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