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References[edit]

H. Moissan (1886). "Action d'un courant électrique sur l'acide fluorhydrique anhydre". Comptes rendus hebdomadaires des séances de l'Académie des sciences. 102: 1543–1544.
H. Moissan (1886). "Sur la décomposition de l'acide fluorhydrique par un courant électrique". Comptes rendus hebdomadaires des séances de l'Académie des sciences. 103: 202.

This two original papers of Henri Moissan describe the synthesis of fluorine.--Stone 12:33, 31 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

A.G. Morachevskii (2002). "Henri Moissan (To 150th Anniversary of His Birthday)". Journal Russian Journal of Applied Chemistry. 75 (10): 1720–1722. doi:10.1023/A:1022268927198. {{cite journal}}: horizontal tab character in |journal= at position 8 (help)
G. V. Samsonov, V. A. Obolonchik (1886). "Frederic Henri Moissan, on the 120th anniversary of his birth". Journal Powder Metallurgy and Metal Ceramics. 11 (9): 766–768. doi:10.1007/BF00801283.
Flahaut J. (1999). "The scientific contributions of Moissan". Ann Pharm Fr. 57 (2): 101–7.
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This refs contain short biographys of Moissan.--Stone 12:46, 31 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Why is it mentioned that his mother was Jewish? Does this have any impact on his life or is it just something someone randomly put in here? Quodfui 01:18, 11 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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When prepared, it immediately reacted with anything around it and vanished again. Even gold was not impervious to the attacks of elemental fluorine.

--SlipperyHippo 02:06, 23 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Nickel can be used for apparatus handling elemental fluorine. A passivation layer of nickel fluoride develops on the surface - like oxide layers for example on aluminium. --SlipperyHippo 02:07, 23 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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This article was automatically assessed because at least one article was rated and this bot brought all the other ratings up to at least that level. BetacommandBot 03:39, 27 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Cause of death: Methyl Isocyanide?[edit]

From Max Gergel's autobiographical Excuse Me Sir, Would You Like to Buy a Kilo of Isopropyl Bromide? (Pierce Chemical Co., 1979), page 116, about the preparation of methyl isocyanide:

"Dr. Bigelow," I asked, "why is there such a hiatus between Moissan's work with this methyl isocyanide and your requirement? Why is there such a paucity of literature references?" "It's the toxicity, Gergel", was his cheerful reply. "Didn't you know that methyl isocyanide is one of the worst poisons known? It killed Moissan."

("Dr. Bigelow" = Lucius A. Bigelow (1892-1973), Professor of Chemistry, Duke University, 1929-1961.)

AdderUser (talk) 12:22, 16 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

We need a more serious source. What I've seen is it was appendicitis. But if we really get into the topic, we can investigate this. He was actually seriously sick from HF poisoning before discovering F2 for instance.

The Jewish thing[edit]

I left the "cn" that some gnome dropped in. Surfing the net, can find some definite stuff saying he was Jewish, but not clear if only on one side (or if Sephardic). If we get into the bio, we can go over this stuff.TCO (talk) 14:02, 8 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Can we please remove the Jewish category from Moissan. He was not Jewish or, at the very least, there is no evidence for this assertion. In addition, sources who claim he was Jewish fail to cite sources or any details other than to state categorically that he was Jewish. He was, in fact, Catholic. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Pezzos (talk • contribs) 17:37, 26 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]

"botanist Vasque"[edit]

Who is this Parisian "botanist Vasque" mentioned only here and in mirrored text on the Internet?Wetman (talk) 14:35, 26 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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