Chemist no. 8 of 350 · Inorganic

Humphry Davy

1778-1829United Kingdom

Electrochemistry; isolated sodium and potassium

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The discovery, explained

Humphry Davy and the Power of Electrolysis: How Sodium, Potassium and Chlorine Were Understood

How Davy isolated potassium and sodium by electrolysis in 1807, proved chlorine is an element and invented the miners' safety lamp. Exam points for JAM, NET, GATE.

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Biography

Sir Humphry Davy: From a Cornish Apprentice to President of the Royal Society

Life of Sir Humphry Davy: Cornish boyhood, laughing gas, Royal Institution lectures, element discoveries, safety lamp, Faraday and his legacy for chemistry students.

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Academic lineage

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