Debierne

/ dəb-yĕrn′ /

1. French chemist who discovered actinium in 1900. In 1910 he collaborated with Marie Curie to isolate pure radium.

Example Sentences

M. Debierne has obtained a third radioactive substance from pitchblende, which he has called “Actinium.”

From Project Gutenberg

Shortly after that Debierne discovered still another radio-active substance, to which he gave the name actinium.

From Project Gutenberg