我国的稀土资源极为丰富,为世界任何国家所不及。我国不仅已经发现、研究和开发了一批稀土矿床,而且新的稀土资源还在不断地被发现。因此,我们从化学史角度谈谈稀土元素的第一位发现人,对于学化学的人,可能不是没有兴趣的。英国化学家威廉·克鲁克斯(William Crookes) Our country’s rare earth resources are extremely rich, for any country in the world. China has not only found and researched and developed a number of rare earth deposits, but also discovered new rare earth resources. Therefore, we first talk about the discovery of rare earth elements from the perspective of chemistry history, may not be of no interest for those who learn chemistry. British chemist William Crookes