Nils Gabriel Sefström (2 June 1787 – 30 November 1845) was a Swedish chemist. Sefström was a student of Berzelius and, when studying the brittleness of steel in 1830, he rediscovered a new chemical element, to which he gave the name vanadium.
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2 June 1787 Ilsbo, Hälsingland, Sweden
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Died |
30 November 1845 (aged 58) Stockholm, Sweden
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Zodiac | Gemini |
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