Claude Louis Berthollet

Claude Louis Berthollet (December 9, 1748 – November 6, 1822) was a French chemist. Download high resolution version (675x807, 108 KB)In the public domain by age This image has been released into the public domain by the copyright holder, its copyright has expired, or it is ineligible for copyright. ... Download high resolution version (675x807, 108 KB)In the public domain by age This image has been released into the public domain by the copyright holder, its copyright has expired, or it is ineligible for copyright. ... December 9 is the 343rd day (344th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Events April 24 - A congress assembles at Aix-la-Chapelle with the intent to conclude the struggle known as the War of Austrian Succession - at October 18 - The Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle is signed to end the war Adam Smith begins to deliver public lectures in Edinburgh Building of... November 6 is the 310th day of the year (311th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 55 days remaining. ... 1822 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... A chemist is a scientist who specializes in chemistry. ...

Claude Louis Berthollet was born in Talloires, near Annecy, France. Annecy is a town in the Haute-Savoie region of eastern France, on the shores of lac dAnnecy. ...

Berthollet, along with Antoine Lavoisier and others, devised a chemical nomenclature, or a system of names, which serves as the basis of the modern system of naming chemical compounds. He also carried out research into dyes and bleaches (introducing the use of chlorine as a bleach) and determined the composition of ammonia. Antoine-Laurent de Lavoisier ( August 26, 1743– May 8, 1794) was a French nobleman prominent in the histories of chemistry, finance, biology, and economics. ... A dye can generally be described as a coloured substance that has an affinity to the substrate to which it is being applied. ... In chemistry, to bleach something generally means to whiten it or oxidize it. ... General Name, Symbol, Number chlorine, Cl, 17 Series halogens Group, Period, Block 17 (VIIA), 3, p Density, Hardness 3. ... Ammonia is a chemical compound with the formula N H3. ...

He died in Arcueil, France.