Ce
Cerium
Z 58 140.116 g/molLanthanide
Group
3
Period
6
Block
f
Occurrence
Primordial
Biological Role
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History
1803 (discovery)
Martin Heinrich Klaproth
1803 (discovery)
Wilhelm Hisinger, Jöns Jacob Berzelius
1875 (isolation)
William Francis Hillebrand
Named By
Jöns Jacob Berzelius
Latin Name
Cerium
Abundance
Universe< 0.0001%0.01 ppm
x
Sun< 0.0001%0.04 ppm
x
Meteorites< 0.0001%0.76 ppm
x
Earth's crust0.00665%66.5 ppm
x
Oceans< 0.0001%< 0.0001 ppm
x
Humans---
x