chemists reenactments of historical reactions
These are the chemicals i hace made the same way as famous chemists of the past
Whats yours
Humphry Davy
Copper peroxide
Sodium
Birkeland–Eyde process
Kristian Birkeland and Sam Eyde in 1903,
Antoine Lavoisier. 1743
oxygen
Henry Cavendish
hydrogen.
Joseph Priestley,
hydrochloric acid
Nitrous oxide,
sulfur dioxide
From this list it looks like i am
Following in the footsteps of
Humphry Davy
Further thoughts
1786)
Carl Wilhelm Scheele was a Swedish pharmaceutical chemist. He was the first to discover the adsorption of gases by charcoal. He also has the discovery
of various chemical elements and compounds, including manganese, chlorine, tartaric acid, glycerin, molybdenum, barium, and lactic acid, to his name.
Today, he is mostly remembered for the discovery of 'oxygen' in the air. Publication of his work was delayed by 2 years. That lead John Priestley to
be recognized as the discoverer of oxygen, as his works were published earlier. Today, there is no doubt that Scheele has independently
He got no fear
Henri Moissan (1852 - 1907)
Henri Moissan was a French chemist, who is best known for his work of isolating fluorine from its compounds. He also received the Nobel prize for this
work in 1906.
I hope this post os inspiring especially when you realize you are replicating experiments of the past
[Edited on 4-5-2018 by symboom]
[Edited on 4-5-2018 by symboom]
[Edited on 4-5-2018 by symboom]
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