C. Johnson
1976
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Abstract
Selenium (Se) was discovered by Berzelius in 1817 in the residual slime from the preparation of sulfur dioxide from copper pyrites. For more than a century the element remained mainly the object of classical chemical studies and experimentation. Because of special properties the element found commercial application in the glass industry in manufacture of ruby glass and also in neutralizing the green color of glass, due to the presence of ferrous silicate. Another early use of Se was in photocells and photodetectors.