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{{Element | name=Cerium | symbol=Ce | anumber=58 | amass=140.1 amu | state=solid | class=Inner Transistion metal | cstructure=cubic | color=grey | date=1803 | discname=[[W. von Hisinger ]] | origname=From the asteroid Ceres. | uses=Cerium can be used to make heat resistant alloys. | obtained=monazite. }}
{{Element | name=Cerium | symbol=Ce | anumber=58 | amass=140.1 amu | state=solid | class=Inner Transistion metal | cstructure=cubic | color=grey | date=1803 | discname=[[W. von Hisinger ]] | origname=From the asteroid Ceres. | uses=Cerium can be used to make heat resistant alloys. | obtained=monazite. }}
'''Cerium''' ''(SER-ee-em)'' was discovered by Jöns Jacob Berzelius and Wilhelm von Hisinger, Swedish chemists, and also independently by the German chemist Martin Heinrich Klaproth, in 1803. Cerium is considered to be moderately toxic. <ref>http://education.jlab.org/itselemental/ele058.html</ref>
Cerium is a reactive, soft, gray, lustrous [[metal]] that is malleable and [[ductile]]. <ref>http://www.chemicool.com/elements/cerium.html</ref> It is also somewhat flammable. <ref>http://education.jlab.org/itselemental/ele058.html</ref>
==Uses==
Cerium is used for a number of things, including carbon arc lights (used in the movie industry, and other places), <ref>http://www.chemicool.com/elements/cerium.html</ref> the walls of self-cleaning ovens, and even lighter flints<ref>http://education.jlab.org/itselemental/ele058.html</ref>. Cerium oxide and other Cerium compounds are also used for glass treatment.
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