“in recognition of the great services rendered by him in his investigation and isolation of the element fluorine, and for the adoption in the service of science of the electric furnace called after him”
Henri Moissan was a French chemist who isolated the element fluorine and developed an electric arc furnace for high-temperature chemistry. He received the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1906 for his investigation and isolation of fluorine and for the adoption of the electric furnace named after him.
- Field
- Chemistry · Inorganic Chemistry
- Lifespan
- 1852–1907