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Bernard Courtois
French chemist who discovered iodine while making saltpetre from seaweed ash.
Person
1777 – 1838
Identifiers
Wikidata Q468330
Appears in
1 item
The Periodic Table
1 item
Courtois's violet vapour: iodine
· discoverer
1811
Sources
Book
Discovery of the Elements
Book
Nature's Building Blocks: An A–Z Guide to the Elements
