Chemist no. 238 of 350 · Inorganic

Claude Louis Berthollet

1748-1822France

Chemical affinity; bleaching with chlorine

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The discovery, explained

Claude Louis Berthollet: Reversible Reactions, Equilibrium and Chlorine Bleach

Berthollet's reversible reactions and mass-action ideas, chlorine bleaching, potassium chlorate and Berthollet's law of double decomposition explained simply.

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Biography

Claude Louis Berthollet: The French Savant Who Saw Chemistry in Both Directions

Life of Claude Louis Berthollet (1748-1822): from Savoy to Paris, Lavoisier's colleague, Egypt with Napoleon, Arcueil society, and chemical equilibrium.

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Academic lineage

Documented doctoral, postdoctoral and teaching links. Dashed chips are teachers outside the 350 chemists listed here.

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Students: Joseph Louis Gay-Lussacmentor