Moissan
Americannoun
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Prof. Moissan, of the Sorbonne?The electric furnace, foundation of electric metallurgical industries.
From Time Magazine Archive
The preparation of fluorine was finally accomplished by the French chemist Moissan by the electrolysis of hydrofluoric acid.
From An Elementary Study of Chemistry by McPherson, William
M. Moissan now employs electrodes of pure platinum instead of irido-platinum, and the interior end of each is thickened into a club shape in order the longer to withstand corrosion.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 832, December 12, 1891 by Various
Moissan succeeded in fusing about � ℔ of either of these metals in 5 or 6 minutes in a furnace similar to that last described.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 2 "Ehud" to "Electroscope" by Various
The other and more difficult metamorphosis of carbon, the transformation of charcoal into diamond, was successfully accomplished by Moissan in 1894.
From Creative Chemistry Descriptive of Recent Achievements in the Chemical Industries by Slosson, Edwin E.
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