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Previous | Home | NextThe laboratory of Boisbaudran was on the second (upper) floor. Boisbaudran was immediately famous when he discovered gallium, because this element was the first of three elements predicted by Mendeleev in his Periodic Table. The ore from which gallium was isolated was mined at Pierrefitte {LINK: Pierrefitte100}. Boisbaudran cast ingots of gallium in Paris at Javel {LINK: Paris4-010}.
