Joseph Louis Gay-Lussac
French chemist and physicist (1778–1850) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Joseph Louis Gay-Lussac (UK: /ɡeɪˈluːsæk/ gay-LOO-sak,[1][2] US: /ˌɡeɪləˈsæk/ GAY-lə-SAK,[3][4] French: [ʒozɛf lwi ɡɛlysak]; 6 December 1778 – 9 May 1850) was a French chemist and physicist. He is known mostly for his discovery that water is made of two parts hydrogen and one part oxygen by volume (with Alexander von Humboldt), for two laws related to gases, and for his work on alcohol–water mixtures, which led to the degrees Gay-Lussac used to measure alcoholic beverages in many countries.
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Born | Joseph Louis Gay 6 December 1778 (1778-12-06) |
Died | 9 May 1850(1850-05-09) (aged 71) |
Nationality | French |
Alma mater | École polytechnique |
Known for | Gay-Lussac's law Degrees Gay-Lussac Co-discovery of boron Combustion analysis Cyanogen |
Awards | Pour le Mérite (1842) ForMemRS (1815) |
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Fields | Chemistry |
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