Nationality Spanish Known for Tungsten Role Chemist | Name Juan Elhuyar Fields chemistrymineralogy Siblings Fausto Elhuyar | |
Died September 20, 1796, Bogota, Colombia | ||
Juan José Elhuyar Lubica
Juan José Elhuyar Lubize (15 June 1754 – 20 September 1796) was a Spanish chemist and mineralogist, who is best known for being first to isolate tungsten with his brother Fausto Elhuyar in 1783.
He was born in Logroño, in northern Spain and died in Santafé de Bogotá in Colombia at 42.
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