Johann Wolfgang Döbereiner Biography

Johann Wolfgang Döbereiner biography

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NAME: Johann Wolfgang Döbereiner
OCCUPATION: Chemist
BIRTH DATE: December 13, 1780
DEATH DATE: March 24, 1849
EDUCATION: University of Jena
PLACE OF BIRTH: Hof an der Saale, Germany
PLACE OF DEATH: Jena, Germany

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German chemist Johann Wolfgang Döbereiner's observation of similarities among certain elements anticipated the development of the periodic system of elements.

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During the 1820s, Johann Wolfgang Döbereiner's experiments with hydrogen led the chemist J.J. Berzelius to develop the concept of catalysis. Toward the end of the decade Döbereiner found that the properties of bromine seem halfway between those of chlorine gas and the solid iodine. He also discovered the organic compound furfural and developed the separation of calcium and magnesium.