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Industrial gases
- NitrogenScottish physician Daniel Rutherford isolated a new gas in 1772 during experiments at the University of Edinburgh. He called this substance noxious air…
- MethaneMethane is a chemical compound with the formula CH4. It consists of one carbon atom bonded to four hydrogen atoms. The molecule forms a tetrahedral shape.
- Carbon monoxideA carbon atom and an oxygen atom lock together in a triple bond that measures 112.8 picometers. This connection creates the simplest carbon oxide known to…
- ArgonIn 1894, Lord Rayleigh and Sir William Ramsay stood in a laboratory at University College London. They held a test tube filled with air that had been…
- Joseph PriestleyJoseph Priestley was born in Birstall, West Yorkshire, on the 24th of March 1733. He grew up as the oldest of six children to Mary Swift and Jonas Priestley…