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    Bernard Courtois, also spelled Barnard Courtois, (8 February 1777 – 27 September 1838) was a French chemist credited with first isolating iodine, making...
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  • Courtois may refer to: Courtois-sur-Yonne, a commune in Yonne department, France Courtois, Missouri, an unincorporated community Courtois Creek, a creek...
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    dark black crystals. Courtois suspected that this material was a new element but lacked funding to pursue it further. Courtois gave samples to his friends...
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    (particularly lead) in drinking water. Iodine was later discovered by Bernard Courtois in 1811 from seaweed ash. Goitre was previously common in many areas...
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  • is not recommended. Iodine is an essential trace element. In 1811, Bernard Courtois isolated iodine from seaweed while in 1820 Jean-Francois Coindet linked...
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    word θυρεοειδής, meaning 'shield-like/shield-shaped'. French chemist Bernard Courtois discovered iodine in 1811, and in 1896 Eugen Baumann documented it...
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    iodine was discovered by French chemist Bernard Courtois in 1811. Courtois gave samples to his friends, Charles Bernard Desormes (1777–1862) and Nicolas Clément...
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    to give the 1:1 adduct NI3 · NH3. This adduct was first reported by Bernard Courtois in 1812, and its formula was finally determined in 1905 by Oswald Silberrad...
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    Giovene discovered that saltpetre also formed in other caves of Apulia. Bernard Courtois, who operated a Salpetriere or nitrary and discovered iodine. History...
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    decreases with more gelatin. Following the discovery of iodine by Bernard Courtois in 1811, it has been broadly used for the prevention and treatment...
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    about one out of every thousand people with hypothyroidism. In 1811, Bernard Courtois discovered iodine was present in seaweed, and iodine intake was linked...
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    physician Anne-Caroline Chausson (b. 1977), Olympic medalist in cycling Bernard Courtois (1777–1838), discoverer of the element iodine Charles Joseph Minard...
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    Iodine was discovered by Bernard Courtois, who was using seaweed ash as part of a process for saltpeter manufacture. Courtois typically boiled the seaweed...
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    1847) February 12 Friedrich de la Motte Fouqué, French poet (d. 1843) Bernard Courtois, French chemist (d. 1838) February 18 – Andreas Arntzen, Norwegian...
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  • to be called a chronometer. Copley Medal: John Mudge February 12 – Bernard Courtois, French chemist (died 1838) April 30 – Carl Friedrich Gauss, German...
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    those by Joseph Louis Gay-Lussac on a mysterious substance isolated by Bernard Courtois. Davy wrote a paper for the Royal Society on the element, which is...
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    mixture of strontium chloride and mercuric acid. Iodine – Discovered by Bernard Courtois in 1811, he lacked the resources to investigate the substance but gave...
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    must contain oxygen and thus cannot be an element. However, in 1812, Bernard Courtois proved that iodine is an element. Then in 1816 Joseph-Louis Gay-Lussac...
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    September 18 – Robert Smith, 1st Baron Carrington (b. 1752) September 27 – Bernard Courtois, French chemist (b. 1777) October 1 – Charles Tennant, Scottish chemist...
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  • (1852–1939), representative in U.S. Congress from Indiana Bernard Courtois (also spelled Barnard Courtois), (1777–1838), French chemist Barnard E. Bee Sr. (1787–1853)...
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  • descriptiones, anatomen atque icones plurimorum in Saint Petersburg. Bernard Courtois discovers iodine. Joseph Louis Gay-Lussac and Louis Jacques Thénard...
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  • September 1 – William Clark (born 1770), American explorer. September 27 – Bernard Courtois (born 1777), French chemist. October 1 – Charles Tennant (born 1768)...
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    founded in Manitoba, Canada. Iodine was discovered by French chemist Bernard Courtois. The first novel by Jane Austen, Sense and Sensibility, was published...
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  • Louisa Adams, 6th First Lady of the United States (d. 1852) 1777 – Bernard Courtois, French chemist and academic (d. 1838) 1777 – Friedrich de la Motte...
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  • Raja Ram Mohan Roy, Indian humanitarian and reformer (b. 1772) 1838 – Bernard Courtois, French chemist and pharmacist (b. 1777) 1876 – Braxton Bragg, American...
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    Philosophical Journal. In 1811, when the Parisian saltpetre manufacturer Bernard Courtois made iodine for the first time from the kelp ash, his discovery was...
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    1984 Claude Silberzahn, Commissioner of the Republic 1984 to 1986 Bernard Courtois, Commissioner of the Republic 1986 to 24 February 1988 Jacques Dewatre...
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    1847) February 12 Friedrich de la Motte Fouqué, French poet (d. 1843) Bernard Courtois, French chemist (d. 1838) February 18 – Andreas Arntzen, Norwegian...
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    on [3] Courtois the Sighet Stéphane Courtois, Fundatia Civic Academy Collection: Oral History no 3, Bucharest, 2003, ISBN 973-8214-18-1 Courtois the Sighet...
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    attempt and claim to produce a sulfur iodide were made in 1813 by Bernard Courtois when exploring the properties of his newly discovered element, iodine...
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