Ce=CERIUM
After asteriod Ceres. discovered in 1803 by j.j. Berzelius and W. Hisinger of Sweden. It is little used because it tarnish easily reacts with water and burns whene heated, also employed in alloys, special glass ceramics, but the best known use is in flints for pocket lighters.soft metal; most abundant rare earth metal, lighter flints, gas lamp mantles, self-cleaning ovens, glass polishing
