Smithson Tennant

Jaime Wisniak

doi:10.1016/j.eq.2015.05.009

Smithson Tennant

Translated title of the contribution: Smithson Tennant

Jaime Wisniak

Department of Chemical Engineering

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Smithson Tennant (1761-1815), a British physician turned chemist and chemical engineer, published very few papers but they were significant enough as to leave a mark in science and technology. He proved that diamond is a pure allotropic form of carbon, established that carbon dioxide was composed of only carbon and oxygen, discovered iridium and osmium in the residue of platinum ore, invented a simple procedure for producing potassium in large quantities, and established the basis of multiple effect evaporation. In addition, he proved the deleterious effect of magnesium oxide and carbonate in agriculture, emery was a variety of corundum, and that potassium nitrate reacted with gold.

Translated title of the contribution	Smithson Tennant
Original language	Spanish
Pages (from-to)	250-259
Number of pages	10
Journal	Educacion Quimica
Volume	26
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eq.2015.05.009
State	Published - 31 Jul 2015

Keywords

Agriculture
Carbon dioxide
Diamond
Distillation
Dolomite
Emery
Iridium
Osmium
Platinum
Potassium

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Education

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