Biography:Ignatius Gottfried Kaim
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Short description: Austrian chemist
Ignatius Gottfried Kaim | |
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| Born | 1746 |
| Died | 1778 |
| Nationality | Austrian |
| Known for | discovery of manganese |
Ignatius Gottfried Kaim was an Austrian chemist. In his dissertation De metallis dubiis published in 1770 Kaim describes the reduction of manganese oxide with carbon and the formation of a brittle metal. This is the first description of manganese metal several years before the better known synthesis of Johan Gottlieb Gahn in 1774.
References
- Fasold, H.; Dehnicke, K.; Fuchs, O.; König, K. -H.; Gail, L.; Tamamushi, B. (1981). "Buchbesprechungen". Colloid and Polymer Science Kolloid-Zeitschrift & Zeitschrift für Polymere 259 (11): 1137. doi:10.1007/BF01524902.
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