Chemist

By 1901, that figure reached 15 million metric tons.” (World History-page 663). Chemists had started to make hundreds or new products like medicines, perfume, soap, and chemical fertilizers that became a “key role” in the increase of food production. The biggest creation that a chemist had made was dynamite. “ In 1866, the Swedish chemist Alfred Nobel invented dynamite, an explosive much safer than others used at the time. It was widely used in a construction…

Keisean Wilson Chemistry 4B Ms. Hidalgo 2016 May 20 Forgotten Scientist Who knows about the first scientist to synthesize natural products? Who knows who made the foundation for the cortisone? That man was Percy Lavon Julian, an African American chemist and pioneer. He was one of the most important scientists known to date. Percy was born on April 11, 1899 in Montgomery, Alabama. His mother was a school teacher and his father was a post office clerk. Attended DePauw University in 1920 and…

men and women who have impacted the world in the field of medicine. One of these individuals is Louis Pasteur, a man who created pasteurization and vaccines. He saved many lives and always found a way to solve problems. Louis Pasteur was a French chemist and microbiologist whose work is renowned all around the world. Louis Pasteur was born on December 27, 1822; in Dole, Jura, France. His father was Jean-Joseph Pasteur and his mother was Jeanne Roqui. He lived in a poor family and…

Herschbach, Dudley. "The Dolphin Oracle." Harvard Magazine, 1993, pp. 57-59. SIRS Issues Researcher,https://sks.sirs.com. This article is from the Harvard Magazine. This article is written by Dudley Herschbach an American chemist who won a nobel prize and who was a chemist at Harvard University. Herschbach shows great knowledge in this topic. The article is very informative and Herschbach gives many quotes from reliable sources. Herschbach clearly knew what he wrought about and it shined…

colors on the chart were generating warmth (energy) and that chart was an exhibit of the Periodic Table. For years, different people ventured to group elements by their chemical traits. However, Dmitri Ivanovich Mendeleyev (1834-1907) a Russian chemist is first to devise a periodic table of elements.…

Joseph Priestley was a famous chemist. He was famous for inventing soda water, his writings about electricity, and his discovery of gases. Joseph was born on March 24, 1733, in Bristall. He died February 6, 1804 at the age of 70. Joseph is most known for his discovery of oxygen and for isolating it. Oxygen was not first discovered by Joseph, instead the famous Swedish chemist, Carl W. Scheele, in 1772. Joseph discovered Oxygen independently in 1774. Joseph published his findings in the…

University of Chicago. Through a phoned in interview, Hall was hired at Western Electric Company, but arriving at the first day, he was declined and sent away by a senior officer. Hall then began working for Chicago Department of Health as a senior chemist in 1917. In 1918 he moved…

team of technicians, chemists and scientists are committed to developing innovative products that are used in the heavy equipment, metal and wood furniture, metal building products, and electronics industries. They even work with the U.S. Military. Additionally, Product Finishes has a design-engineering group that works in conjunction with the technical staff, the sales organization and Sherwin-Williams’ customers. The Protective and Marine division’s team of engineers, chemists and…

1940’s and is now regulated by the FDA. By the early 1950’s tranquilizers became available to patients with nerve problems and needed to be relaxed. Speed was introduced in the 1960’s by rogue chemists cooking amphetamines. Estacy was Introduced in the early 1980’s and was altered to become legal by chemists along with crack that was A form of cooked cocaine that was made hard and cheaper to buy. Ice became popular during that time And caused problems in Hawaii and still is with crack. In…

position, an another chemist will surely welcome the new position with great enthusiasm and passion and most likely speed up the production of such deadly weapons. George’s wife has no exception since the family clearly needs the money. Ultimately, should George accept the job and help his family even though he loses his integrity in the process or let a passionate and seemingly dangerous chemist accept the position while saving his own…