Moissan, Henri

Moissan, Henri. (1852-1907). A Native of Paris, Moissan was a professor at the School of Pharmacy from 1886 to 1900 and at the Sorbonne from 1900 to 1907. At the former institution, he first isolated and liquefied fluorine in 1886 by the electrolysis of potassium acid fluoride in anhydrous hydrogen fluoride. His work with fluorine undoubtedly shortened his life as it did that of many other early experimenters in the field of fluorine chemistry. He won great fame by his development of the electric furnace and pioneered its use in the production of calcium carbide, making acetylene production and use commercially feasible in the preparation of pure metals, such as magnesium, chromium, uranium, tungsten etc. and in the production of many new compounds, e.g., silicides, carbides, and refrac-... 

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Moissan, Henri (1852-1907) Erench chemist who isolated the element fluorine in 1886. He invented an electric arc furnace with which he achieved very high temperatures and synthesized rubies. He was the founder of high-temperature chemistry. He was awarded the 1906 Nobel Prize in chemistry for his work on fluorine. 

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