Metal Ions in Biological Systems
Contributors: Astrid Sigel (Editor); Helmut Sigel (Editor)
Publisher: CRC
Published: February 22, 1995
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 824
ISBN-13: 9780824793838
Subjects: Biochemistry; Science/Mathematics; Bio-Inorganic Chemistry; Science; Chemistry - Inorganic; Life Sciences - Biochemistry; Science / Chemistry / Inorganic; General
First sentence: Vanadium was discovered in 1802/1803 by the Spanish mineralogist A. M. Del Rio in Mexico in brown lead ore and named "panchromo," a name referring to the "panchromism" of vanadium when passing through its various oxidation states.