cerium

chemical element with symbol Ce and atomic number 58
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cerium

Summary

cerium is a chemical element[1]. cerium draws 1,188 Wikipedia views per month (chemical_element category, ranking #90 of 144).[2]

Key Facts

  • cerium is credited with the discovery of Martin Heinrich Klaproth[3].
  • cerium is credited with the discovery of Jöns Jacob Berzelius[4].
  • cerium's instance of is recorded as chemical element[5].
  • Ceres is named after cerium[6].
  • cerium is made of monazite-(Ce)[7].
  • cerium is made of fergusonite-(Ce)[8].
  • cerium is made of gadolinite-(Ce)[9].
  • cerium is made of abenakiite-(Ce)[10].
  • cerium is made of alnaperbøeite-(Ce)[11].
  • cerium is made of anzaite-(Ce)[12].
  • cerium is made of astrocyanite-(Ce)[13].
  • cerium is made of aluminocerite-(CeCa)[14].
  • cerium is made of aeschynite-(Ce)[15].
  • cerium is made of arisite-(Ce)[16].
  • cerium is made of armellinoite-(Ce)[17].
  • cerium is made of arrheniusite-(Ce)[18].
  • cerium is made of ancylite-(Ce)[19].
  • cerium is made of alexkuznetsovite-(Ce)[20].
  • cerium is made of arsenoflorencite-(Ce)[21].
  • cerium is made of allanite-(Ce)[22].
  • cerium is made of bridgesite-(Ce)[23].
  • cerium is made of belovite-(Ce)[24].
  • cerium is made of britholite-(Ce)[25].
  • cerium is made of bussyite-(Ce)[26].
  • cerium is made of byelorussite-(Ce)[27].

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Definition and Type

cerium's instance of is recorded as chemical element[5].

Origins

Ceres is named after cerium[6].

Influence

Things named for cerium include monazite-(Ce)[28], a mineral species[29]; aeschynite-(Ce)[30], a mineral species[31]; cerianite-(Ce)[32], a mineral species[33]; britholite-(Ce)[34], a mineral species[35]; gagarinite-(Ce)[36], a mineral species[37]; wakefieldite-(Ce)[38], a mineral species[39]; belovite-(Ce)[40], a mineral species[41]; and törnebohmite-(Ce)[42], a mineral species[43].

Why It Matters

cerium draws 1,188 Wikipedia views per month (chemical_element category, ranking #90 of 144).[2] cerium has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[44] cerium is known by 41 alternative names across languages and contexts.[45]

Entities named for cerium include monazite-(Ce)[28], a mineral species[29]; aeschynite-(Ce)[30], a mineral species[31]; cerianite-(Ce)[32], a mineral species[33]; britholite-(Ce)[34], a mineral species[35]; gagarinite-(Ce)[36], a mineral species[37]; and wakefieldite-(Ce)[38], a mineral species[39].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] . Nature's Building Blocks An A-Z Guide of the Elements New Edition. wikidata.org.
  3. [4] . Nature's Building Blocks An A-Z Guide of the Elements New Edition. wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . Nature's Building Blocks An A-Z Guide of the Elements New Edition. wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
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  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
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  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

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Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [31] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [33] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [35] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [37] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [39] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [41] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  8. [43] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [44] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [45] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 5d ago · Ponor · 2026-05-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Discoverer or inventor Martin Heinrich Klaproth, Jöns Jacob Berzelius
    Topic's main category Category:Cerium
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    Named after Ceres
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