Claude Louis Berthollet
Also known as Count Berthollet
French chemist (1748-1822)
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- Born
- 1748
- Died
- 1822
- Works
- 41
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- Elements of the art of dying
- An essay on chemical statics
- Essay on the new method of bleaching
- Elements of the art of dyeing. With a description of the art of bleaching by oxymuriatic acid
- Saggio di statica chimica
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Lavoisier and Berthollet, Chimistes Celebres, Liebig's Extract of Meat Company Trading Card, 1929 Claude Louis Berthollet statue in Annecy, France
Claude Louis Berthollet ( French pronunciation: [klod lwi bɛʁtɔlɛ], 9 December 1748 – 6 November 1822) was a Savoyard-French chemist who became vice president of the French Senate in 1804. He is known for his scientific contributions to the theory of chemical equilibria via the mechanism of reverse chemical reactions, and for his contribution to modern chemical nomenclature. On a practical basis, Berthollet was the first to demonstrate the bleaching action of chlorine gas, and was first to develop a solution of sodium hypochlorite as a modern bleaching agent.
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