wodanium
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from German Wodanium, named after the god Odin.
Noun
[edit]wodanium (uncountable)
- (chemistry, obsolete) A supposed chemical element, later found to be a mixture of copper, iron, lead, nickel, etc.
- 1820 September, M. Stromeyer, “Chemical Examinaion of Wodan-Pyrites”, in The Annals of Philosophy, volume 16, page 214:
- It is known that Mine-commissioner Lampadius, of Freiberg, detected a new metal in this ore, differing as much from nickel as tellurium does from antimony, and to which he has given the name of wodanium.