HIST 4 |
| French scientists won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in six different years (1906, 1911, 1912, 1935, 1987 and 2005). This presentation will look at the efforts of the awardees from 1906, 1911, 1912 and 1935. The discussion will include: Henri Moissan (1906) and his work in the investigation and isolation of the element fluorine and in developing the electric furnace named after him; Madame Marie Curie (1911) for her work in the discovery of radium and polonium and the study of radium compounds; Victor Grignard (1912) for the discovery of the Grignard reagent and Paul Sabatier (1912) for his method of hydrogenating organic compounds in the presence of finely disintegrated metals; and Frederic Joliot and Irene Joliot-Curie (1935) for their work in the synthesis of new radioactive elements. |
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General Papers
9:00 AM-11:45 AM, Sunday, April 6, 2008 Marriott Convention Center -- Fulton, Oral
Division of the History of Chemistry |