Definition of Wasium. Meaning of Wasium. Synonyms of Wasium

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Definition of Wasium

Wasium
Wasium Wa"si*um, n. [NL. So called from Wasa, or Vasa, the name of a former royal family of Sweden.] (Chem.) A rare element supposed by Bahr to have been extracted from wasite, but now identified with thorium.

Meaning of Wasium from wikipedia

- Wasium was the suggested name of a chemical element found by J. F. Bahr. The name was derived from the House of Vasa the Royal House of Sweden. In 1862...
- Archived from the original on 2006-02-24. Delafontaine, M. (1864). "Ueber das Wasium". Annalen der Chemie und Pharmacie. 131 (3): 368–372. doi:10.1002/jlac.18641310316...