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Henri Moissan (To 150th Anniversary of His Birthday)

Henri Moissan (To 150th Anniversary of His Birthday) Russian Journal of Applied Chemistry, Vol. 75, No. 10, 2002, pp. 1720 31722. Translated from Zhurnal Prikladnoi Khimii, Vol. 75, No. 10, 2002, pp. 1754 31756. Original Russian Text Copyright C 2002 by Morachevskii. ˝˝˝˝˝˝˝˝˝˝ HISTORY OF CHEMISTRY AND CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY ˝˝˝˝˝˝˝˝˝˝˝ Henri Moissan (To 150th Anniversary of His Birthday) Professor H. Moissan made an outstanding con- tribution to the development of quite a number of branches of applied chemistry in the late XIX3 early XX century. He obtained fluorine in free state for the first time, studied a number of its compounds, designed an electric arc furnace (having thereby laid the foundation of high-temperature chemistry), syn- thesized a great number of high-melting compounds, and isolated boron and other elements by reducing their oxides. Ferdinand Frederic Henri Moissan was born on September 28, 1852, in Paris; his father was a minor official at the Eastern Railroad Company. In 1864, his family moved to a small town Meaux in northern France, Department of Seine-et-Marne, where Henri entered a municipal college. The scientist-to-be re- vealed strong interest in mathematics and natural sciences, especially chemistry. In 1870, he graduated from the college, and, desiring to become independent as soon as possible, started http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Russian Journal of Applied Chemistry Springer Journals

Henri Moissan (To 150th Anniversary of His Birthday)

Russian Journal of Applied Chemistry , Volume 75 (10) – Oct 13, 2004
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Chemistry; Chemistry/Food Science, general
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1070-4272
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Russian Journal of Applied Chemistry, Vol. 75, No. 10, 2002, pp. 1720 31722. Translated from Zhurnal Prikladnoi Khimii, Vol. 75, No. 10, 2002, pp. 1754 31756. Original Russian Text Copyright C 2002 by Morachevskii. ˝˝˝˝˝˝˝˝˝˝ HISTORY OF CHEMISTRY AND CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY ˝˝˝˝˝˝˝˝˝˝˝ Henri Moissan (To 150th Anniversary of His Birthday) Professor H. Moissan made an outstanding con- tribution to the development of quite a number of branches of applied chemistry in the late XIX3 early XX century. He obtained fluorine in free state for the first time, studied a number of its compounds, designed an electric arc furnace (having thereby laid the foundation of high-temperature chemistry), syn- thesized a great number of high-melting compounds, and isolated boron and other elements by reducing their oxides. Ferdinand Frederic Henri Moissan was born on September 28, 1852, in Paris; his father was a minor official at the Eastern Railroad Company. In 1864, his family moved to a small town Meaux in northern France, Department of Seine-et-Marne, where Henri entered a municipal college. The scientist-to-be re- vealed strong interest in mathematics and natural sciences, especially chemistry. In 1870, he graduated from the college, and, desiring to become independent as soon as possible, started

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