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20th April 1902: Marie and Pierre Curie prove the existence of radium

  • 20th April 2023
  • Tagged as: Chemistry, Curie, Discovery, Marie Curie, Nobel Prize, Physics, Radiation, Radioactivity, Radium, Science

Marie and Pierre Curie proved the existence of the new element radium when they chemically isolated one-tenth of a gram of pure radium chloride.

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6th March 1869: Russian chemist Dmitri Mendeleev presents his periodic table to the Russian Chemical Society

  • 6th March 2023
  • Tagged as: Chemistry, Discovery, Periodic Table, Russia, Science

While Mendeleev’s approach led to there being some gaps or spaces in ‘periods’ where he believed an element should exist, he was able to calculate the missing element’s atomic mass and properties.

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9th December 1921: Lead identified as a fuel additive to reduce engine knocking in automobiles

  • 9th December 2022
  • Tagged as: Automobile, Chemistry, Invention, Lead, Oil, Poison, Science, Technology, United States, USA

Thomas Midgeley Jr. discovered that adding tetraethyl lead to gasoline reduced knocking in automobile engines.

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16th February 1937: Organic chemist Wallace Carothers is awarded a patent for nylon

  • 16th February 2022
  • Tagged as: America, Chemistry, Invention, Laboratory, Patent, Science, Technology

The DuPont company’s organic chemist Wallace Carothers received a patent for linear condensation polymers, the basis of the material better known as nylon.

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6th March 1869: Dmitri Mendeleev presents the first periodic table

  • 6th March 2021
  • Tagged as: Chemistry, Discovery, Russia, Science
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On the 6th March 1869, Russian chemist Dmitri Mendeleev presented his periodic table to the Russian Chemical Society.

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31st July 1790: The first U.S. patent was awarded to Samuel Hopkins

  • 31st July 2020
  • Tagged as: America, Chemistry, Industrial Revolution, Industry, Invention, New England, Science, Technology, USA

The first U.S. patent was awarded to Samuel Hopkins for an improvement ‘in making Pot ash and Pearl ash by a new Apparatus and Process.’

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