Løvøya, Telemark
Løvøya is an island in Porsgrunn Municipality in Vestfold og Telemark county, Norway. The 0.25-square-kilometre (62-acre) island is located in the Ormerfjorden, just east of the island of Sandøya, and about 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) east of the town of Brevik.
 Løvøya seen together with other islands outside Porsgrunn | |
  Løvøya Location of the island  Løvøya Løvøya (Norway) | |
| Geography | |
|---|---|
| Location | Porsgrunn, Norway |
| Coordinates | 59.0609°N 9.74063°E |
| Area | 0.25 km2 (0.097 sq mi) |
| Length | 1.3 km (0.81 mi) |
| Width | 240 m (790 ft) |
| Administration | |
Norway | |
| County | Vestfold og Telemark |
| Municipality | Porsgrunn Municipality |
Geology
In 1828, Morten Thrane Esmark found a black mineral on the island. He sent it sent to Swedish chemist Jöns Jakob Berzelius for examination for further analysis. Berzelius determined that it contained a new element, which he named thorium after Thor, the Norse god of thunder.[1][2][3]
See also
References
- Weeks, Mary Elvira (1932). "The discovery of the elements. XI. Some elements isolated with the aid of potassium and sodium: Zirconium, titanium, cerium, and thorium". Journal of Chemical Education. 9 (7): 1231. Bibcode:1932JChEd...9.1231W. doi:10.1021/ed009p1231.
- Berzelius, J. J. (1829). "Untersuchung eines neues Minerals und einer darin erhalten zuvor unbekannten Erde (Investigation of a new mineral and of a previously unknown earth contained therein)". Annalen der Physik und Chemie. 16 (7): 385–415. Bibcode:1829AnP....92..385B. doi:10.1002/andp.18290920702.
- Marshall, J.L.; Marshall, V.R. (2001). "Rediscovery of the Elements- Thorium-Løvøya, Langesundsfjord, Norway" (PDF). The Hexagon. 93: 70–73. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 April 2005.
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