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The blue plaque for Smithson Tennant in Finkle Street, Selby, North Yorkshire. Smithson Tennant FRS (30 November 1761 [1] – 22 February 1815 [2]) was an English chemist.He is best known for his discovery of the elements iridium and osmium, which he found in the residues from the solution of platinum ores in 1803.
Only two osmium compounds have major applications: osmium tetroxide for staining tissue in electron microscopy and for the oxidation of alkenes in organic synthesis, and the non-volatile osmates for organic oxidation reactions. [35] Osmium pentafluoride (OsF 5) is known, but osmium trifluoride (OsF 3) has not yet been synthesized. The lower ...
Michael Sendivogius (/ ˌ s ɛ n d ɪ ˈ v oʊ dʒ i ə s /; Polish: Michał Sędziwój; 2 February 1566 – 1636) was a Polish alchemist, philosopher, and medical doctor.A pioneer of chemistry, he developed ways of purification and creation of various acids, metals and other chemical compounds.
Osmium dioxide is another known oxide of osmium, which can be obtained by the reaction of osmium with a variety of oxidizing agents, including, sodium chlorate, osmium tetroxide, and nitric oxide at about 600 °C. [18] [19] It does not dissolve in water, but is attacked by dilute hydrochloric acid. [20] [21] The crystals have rutile structure. [22]
Antoine-Laurent de Lavoisier (/ l ə ˈ v w ɑː z i eɪ / lə-VWAH-zee-ay; [1] [2] [3] French: [ɑ̃twan lɔʁɑ̃ də lavwazje]; 26 August 1743 – 8 May 1794), [4] also Antoine Lavoisier after the French Revolution, was a French nobleman and chemist who was central to the 18th-century chemical revolution and who had a large influence on both the history of chemistry and the history of biology.
Iron is a part of some hormones as well. A lack of iron in the body can cause iron deficiency anemia, and an excess of iron in the body can be toxic. [7] Some ruthenium-containing molecules may be used to fight cancer. [8] Normally, however, ruthenium plays no role in the human body. [3] Both osmium and hassium have no known biological roles ...
There is evidence that iron was known from before 5000 BC. [14] The oldest known iron objects used by humans are some beads of meteoric iron , made in Egypt in about 4000 BC. The discovery of smelting around 3000 BC led to the start of the Iron Age around 1200 BC [ 15 ] and the prominent use of iron for tools and weapons. [ 16 ]
Carl Wilhelm Scheele (German:, Swedish: [ˈɧêːlɛ]; 9 December 1742 – 21 May 1786 [2]) was a German Swedish [3] pharmaceutical chemist.. Scheele discovered oxygen (although Joseph Priestley published his findings first), and identified molybdenum, tungsten, barium, nitrogen, and chlorine, among others.