Jacques-Louis Soret (30 June 1827 – 13 May 1890) was a Swiss
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Jacques-Louis Soret (30 June 1827 – 13 May 1890) was a Swiss
Switzerland
Switzerland is a landlocked Swiss Alps country of roughly 7.7 million people in Western Europe with an area of 41,285 km?. Switzerland is a federal republic consisting of 26 states called Cantons of Switzerland.... chemist
Chemist
A chemist is a scientist trained in the science of chemistry. Chemists study the composition of matter and its properties such as density, acidity, size and shape.... who in 1878, along with Marc Delafontaine
Marc Delafontaine
Marc Delafontaine was a Switzerland chemist who in 1878, along with Jacques-Louis Soret, first observed holmium spectroscopically. In 1879, Per Teodor Cleve chemically separated it from thulium and erbium.... , first observed holmium
Holmium
Holmium is a chemical element with the symbol Ho and atomic number 67. Part of the lanthanide series, holmium is a relatively soft and malleable silvery-white metallic element, which is stable in dry air at room temperature.... spectroscopically. Independently, Per Teodor Cleve
Per Teodor Cleve
Per Teodor Cleve was a Sweden chemist and geologist.After graduating from the Stockholm Gymnasium in 1858, Cleve matriculated at the Uppsala University in May 1858, where he received his Ph.D.... separated it chemically from thulium
Thulium
Thulium is a chemical element that has the symbol Tm and atomic number 69. A lanthanide element, thulium is the least abundant of the Rare earth elements.... and erbium
Erbium
Erbium is a chemical element with the symbol Er and atomic number 68. A rare, silvery, white metallic lanthanide, erbium is solid in its normal state.... in 1879. The three are given credit for the element's discovery.
Soret was also responsible for correctly working out the chemical composition of ozone
Ozone
Ozone or trioxygen is a triatomic molecule, consisting of three oxygen atoms. It is an allotrope of oxygen that is much less stable than the diatomic O2.... as being three oxygen atoms bound together.
A Soret Peak is an intense peak in the blue wavelength region of the visible spectrum. The peak is named after its discoverer Jacques-Louis Soret.... , a strong absorption band of hemoglobin
Hemoglobin
Hemoglobin is the iron-containing oxygen-transport metalloprotein in the red blood cells of vertebrates, and the tissues of some invertebrates.... is also named after him.
Charles Soret was a Swiss physicist and chemist. He is universally known for his work on thermodiffusion .... , a recognized physicist and chemist in his own right.
