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History of the chemical industry

  • Leblanc processIn 1783, King Louis XVI and the French Academy of Sciences offered a prize of 2400 livres for a method to produce alkali from sea salt.
  • Nicolas LeblancNicolas Leblanc was born in Ivoy le Pré, Cher, France on the 6th of December 1742. His father worked as a minor official at an iron works before dying in…