Have a Question or Comment on this Article?

Categories: Swedish chemists | Discoverer of a chemical element | 1722 births | 1765 deaths

Axel Fredrik Cronstedt

Baron Axel Fredrik Cronstedt (1722-1765) was a Swedish chemist who discovered nickel in 1751. He described it as kupfernickel (the devil's copper). He was a pupil of Georg Brandt, the discoverer of cobalt.

Categories: Swedish chemists | Discoverer of a chemical element | 1722 births | 1765 deaths

Top Encyclopedia Articles

Encyclopedia Index

human sexuality

human growth hormone

human genome project

<a href="http://c.casalemedia.com/c?s=61745&f=3&id=0" target="_blank"><img src="http://as.casalemedia.com/s?s=61745&u=http%3A%2F%2Fbiologydaily.com&f=3&id=0&if=0" width="120" height="600" border="0" alt=""/></a>

07-14-2008 23:18:10
The contents of this article are licensed from Wikipedia.org under the GNU Free Documentation License. How to see transparent copy