Fluorine
The mineral moissanite was discovered in Canyon Diablo in 1983 by Henri Moissan. Moissan discovered the mineral while examining rock samples from a meteor crater.
Mendeleev did not win the Nobel Prize in 1906 (or any year) because the Nobel Committee decided to award the Nobel Prize in Chemistry that year to Henri Moissan for his work in isolating fluorine from its compounds. Mendeleev is known for creating the periodic table of elements and his contributions to chemistry but did not receive a Nobel Prize during his lifetime.
Henri Becquerel discovered radioactivity in 1896 while studying the properties of uranium salts. This discovery paved the way for further research into nuclear physics and eventually led to the development of nuclear energy and nuclear weapons.
Henri Becquerel discovered radioactivity
Marie Curie, a pioneering scientist, discovered the radioactive element radium in 1898 along with her husband Pierre Curie. Their discovery of radium marked a major breakthrough in the field of chemistry and earned them a Nobel Prize in Physics in 1903.
Fluorine was first isolated by Henri Moissan in 1886.
Fluorine was isolated for the first time by Henri Moissan in 1886.
French chemist Henri Moissan first isolated elemental fluorine in 1886. To recognise the "great services rendered by him in his investigation and isolation of the element fluorine", he received the Nobel Prize in chemistry in 1906.
Fluorine was first isolated by Henri Moissan in 1886 through the electrolysis of a mixture of potassium fluoride and hydrogen fluoride.
Henri Moissan was born on September 28, 1852.
Henri Moissan was born on September 28, 1852.
Although French physicist Ampère has suggested the existence of this new element in 1810 it wasn't until 1886 that French chemist Moissan was able to isolate it using specially designed equipment. He received the Nobel Prize as the discoverer. For more information you might wish to read the wikipedia article entitled 'History of Fluorine'.
Joseph Henri Moissan was famous for discovering fluorine.
Henri Moissan died on February 20, 1907 at the age of 54.
Henri Moissan won The Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1906.
fully isolated in 1886 by Ferdinand Frederic Henri Moisson
Fluoride was discovered in the 16th century by a scientist named Georgius Agricola. He found that a mineral called fluorite contained this element. It was later isolated in its pure form by a chemist named Henri Moissan in 1886.