{"id":33566,"date":"2020-03-11T13:02:00","date_gmt":"2020-03-11T12:02:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rinconeducativo.org\/?post_type=re_efemeride&p=33566"},"modified":"2024-06-28T13:03:46","modified_gmt":"2024-06-28T11:03:46","slug":"march-11-1881-birth-henri-etienne-sainte-claire-deville-considered-one-great-chemists-19th-century","status":"publish","type":"re_efemeride","link":"https:\/\/rinconeducativo.org\/en\/anniversaries\/march-11-1881-birth-henri-etienne-sainte-claire-deville-considered-one-great-chemists-19th-century\/","title":{"rendered":"March 11, 1881 - Birth of Henri \u00c9tienne Sainte-Claire Deville, considered one of the great chemists of the 19th century"},"content":{"rendered":"
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In 1844, after graduating as doctor of medicine and doctor of science, he was appointed to organise the new Faculty of Science in Besan\u00e7on (France), where he was professor of chemistry and dean from 1845 to 1851.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

His research focused on the study of turpentine oil and Tolu balsam. From the latter, he obtained toluene by dry distillation (1844). However, his most important works were perhaps in inorganic and thermal chemistry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In 1849, he discovered anhydrous nitric acid (nitrogen pentoxide), an interesting substance as the first of the so-called \"anhydrous\" monobasic acids.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In 1854, he succeeded in obtaining metallic aluminium and finally devised a method by which the metal could be prepared on a large scale with the aid of sodium, the manufacture of which he also developed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He made fruitful contributions:<\/p>\n\n\n\n