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Swedish chemist Carl Wilhelm Scheele, analyzing the …
Years: 1781 - 1781
Swedish chemist Carl Wilhelm Scheele, analyzing the calcium tungstate mineral now known as scheelite, identifies lime and an acid that he calls tungstic acid in 1781.
His compatriot Torbern Olaf Bergman concludes that a new metal (now known to be tungsten) can be prepared from the acid.
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Years: 1781 - 1781
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