Scheele, Carl green

Fiedler and Bayard (1997) associate Swedish green with Scheele s green (copper arsenite). The Swedish chemist Carl Wilhelm Scheele both discovered and produced the green pigment which bears his name and as ftie pigment was first manufactured in Sweden the colour was also associated with that coimtry. Mayer (1991) on the other hand links Swedish green to the term cobalt green (q.v). 

Chlorine - the atomic number is 17 and the chemical symbol is Cl. The name derives from the Greek chlooros for pale green or greenish yellow color of the element. It was discovered by the Swedish pharmacist and chemist Carl-Wilhelm Scheele in 1774. In 1810, the English chemist Humphry Davy proved it was an element and gave it the name chlorine. 

Chlorine Cl 17 Carl Wilhelm Scheele Sweden Greek word "chloros" meaning "pale green"... 

Chlorine is one of the halogen family of elements and the first of that family to be discovered. Swedish chemist Carl Wilhelm Scheele prodnced chlorine in 1774 by the reaction of manganese dioxide (Mn02) with a solntion of hydrochloric acid (HCl). In 1810 English chemist Sir Hnmphry Davy determined chlorine to be an element and named it for the color of the gas (the Greek word chloros means pale green ). 

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