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Berzelius

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Ber·ze·li·us  (br-zl-s, br-sl-s), Baron Jöns Jakob 1779-1848.
Swedish chemist who published a table of atomic weights (1828); contributed to electrochemical theory; discovered cerium (1803), zirconium (1824), and titanium (1825); and isolated silicon (1823).
Berzelius [bəˈziːlɪəs (Swedish) bærˈseːliʊs]
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(Biographies / Berzelius, Jöns Jakob (1779-1848) M, Swedish, SCIENCE: chemist) Baron Jöns Jakob (ˈjœns ˈjɑːkɔp). 1779-1848, Swedish chemist, who invented the present system of chemical symbols and formulas, discovered several elements, and determined the atomic and molecular weight of many substances
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Noun1.Berzelius - Swedish chemist who discovered three new elements and determined the atomic weights of many others (1779-1848)
Jons Jakob Berzelius
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