Vauquelin

[vohk^uh-lan]

noun

1. Louis Nicolas 1763–1829, French chemist: discoverer of chromium and beryllium.

Example Sentences

Primoz Roglic was third on the day while British youngster Oscar Onley gained 29 seconds on Kevin Vauquelin to leapfrog the Frenchman into fifth overall.

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It was the 31-year-old's first win since the 2016 Tour of Austria and he leads French rider Kevin Vauquelin, of Team Arkea-Samsic, by 39 seconds in the overall standings.

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This metal, element number 24 of the periodic table, had been known since the late 1790s, when it was first identified by the French chemist, Louis Nicolas Vauquelin.

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Indeed, Vauquelin named this new metal after the Greek word for colour, chromos - because chromium is associated with an extraordinary array of colours.

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The ore from which Vauquelin isolated his first shiny nuggets of pure metal was discovered in Siberia.

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