biography
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Moissan, (Ferdinand Frédéric) Henri
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pronunciation:
[mwasã]
| sex:
| male
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| lived:
| (1852–1907)
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| biography:
| Chemist, born in Paris, France. He studied at the Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle and the Ecole de Pharmacie in Paris, and became professor of toxicology at the School of Pharmacy in Paris (1886), and of inorganic chemistry at the Sorbonne (1900). He was awarded the Nobel Prize for Chemistry in 1906 for his work isolating the element fluorine and for the development of the electric furnace. He discovered carborundum, and was able to produce tiny artificial diamonds in his laboratory. |
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