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Gay-Lussac Identification
- When
- 6 December 1813
- Where
- Paris
Gay-Lussac announced the substance was an element on 6 December 1813 and named it iode in 1813.
On 6 December 1813, Gay-Lussac found and announced that the new substance was an element. In 1813, two years after Courtois' discovery, he named the substance iode, derived from the Greek word for violet, and described its properties as a new element.
Sources
- Iodine Wikipedia, revision of 2026-10-01
- Joseph Louis Gay-Lussac Wikipedia, revision of 2026-08-31
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