TY - JOUR
TI - Westium and Ruthenium against the background of the history of chemistry
AU - Lichocka, Halina
TI - Westium and Ruthenium against the background of the history of chemistry
AB - 
	Is the chemical element Vestium discovered by Jędrzej Śniadecki the same as the Ruthenium? The dispute on this subject has been going on for more than one hundred years. At present, this dispute over recognition of the priority of discovery is very difficult to resolve. However, from the point of view of the history of chemistry, another aspect is more important in all this. In this context, it turns out that Jędrzej Śniadecki was the first researcher who tried to prove the existence of the sixth platinum metal. Time showed that Śniadecki was right. The confirmation of this was the subsequent separation of the metallic ruthenium by Karl Ernst Claus.
VL - 2019
IS - 18 (2019)
PY - 2019
SN - 2451-3202
C1 - 2543-702X
SP - 295
EP - 313
DO - 10.4467/2543702XSHS.19.010.11016
UR - https://ejournals.eu/en/journal/studia-historiae-scientiarum/article/vestium-i-ruthenium-na-tle-historii-chemii
KW - Jędrzej Śniadecki
KW - Vilnius University
KW - crude platinum
KW - platinum metals
KW - Vestium
KW - Ruthenium