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Johann Rudolf Glauber
Born
(1604-03-10)10 March 1604
Karlstadt am Main, Germany
Died
16 March 1670(1670-03-16) (aged 66)
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Nationality
German-Dutch
Known for
"Glauber's salt"
Johann Rudolf Glauber (10 March 1604 – 16 March 1670) was a German-Dutch alchemist and chemist. Some historians of science have described him as one of the first chemical engineers.[1] His discovery of sodium sulfate in 1625 led to the compound being named after him: "Glauber's salt".
^Skolnik, Herman (1982). Furter, William F. (ed.). A Century of Chemical Engineering. New York: Plenum Press. p. 230. ISBN 0-306-40895-3. Some historians of science consider Glauber as one of the first chemical engineers as he developed processes for the manufacture of sulfuric, nitric, acetic, and hydrochloric acids
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