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William Crookes was a physical chemist w...

William Crookes was a physical chemist who discovered and named the element _______

A

1. plutonium

B

2. germanium

C

3. thallium

D

4. beryllium

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C

Sir William Crookes discovered the element thallium and invented the radiometer,Plutonium was discovered by Enrico Fermi. He has been called the "architect of the nuclear age " and the "architect of the atomic bomb". Germanium was discovered by Clemens Winkler. Beryllium was discovered by Louis Nicolas Vauquelin.
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